Getting the iron out

被引：15

作者：

Barry, CE ^{[1
]}

Boshoff, H ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] NIAID, TB Res Stn, Rockville, MD 20852 USA

来源：

NATURE CHEMICAL BIOLOGY | 2005年 / 1卷 / 03期

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D O I：

10.1038/nchembio0805-127

中图分类号：

Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];

学科分类号：

071010 ; 081704 ;

摘要：

In the competition for control of iron between Mycobacterium tuberculosis and host cells, very little is understood about how these bacteria use small-molecule siderophores to obtain iron. A mechanism is now shown for intracellular iron acquisition by mycobacterial lipophilic siderophores.

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页码：127 / 128

页数：3

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