How pathogenic bacteria evade mammalian sabotage in the battle for iron

Nature Chemical Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 132-138

  Fischbach, Michael A ^a,b   Lin, Hening ^a   Liu, David R ^b   Walsh, Christopher T ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENTEROCHELIN; IRON; SCAVENGER; SIDEROPHORE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GLUCOSIDE; SERINE;

BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; DNA BINDING; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENZYME GLYCOSYLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; HYDROPHOBICITY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INNATE IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SALMONELLA; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM;

ANIMALIA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA; SALMONELLA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENTEROBACTIN; GLUCOSIDES; HUMANS; IRON; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SERINE; SIDEROPHORES;

EID: 33646593180     PISSN: 15524450     EISSN: 15524469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchembio771     Document Type: Review

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