| Literature DB >> 12704168 |
Leonie G Mikael1, Ramakrishnan Srikumar, James W Coulton, Mario Jacques.
Abstract
The swine pathogen Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae possesses a 75-kDa outer membrane protein (OMP), FhuA, the receptor for ferrichrome, a hydroxamate-type siderophore. Polyclonal serum to FhuA reacted with OMP preparations from 12 serotypes of A. pleuropneumoniae under conditions of iron repletion and restriction. Reverse transcription-PCR confirmed that A. pleuropneumoniae fhuA expression is not upregulated in response to low iron levels. An A. pleuropneumoniae fhuA deletion mutant was generated and showed abolishment of ferrichrome uptake.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID: 12704168 PMCID: PMC153255 DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.5.2911-2915.2003
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Infect Immun ISSN: 0019-9567 Impact factor: 3.441