| Literature DB >> 21296960 |
Christopher M Jones1, Michael Niederweis.
Abstract
Most iron in mammals is found within the heme prosthetic group. Consequently, many bacterial pathogens possess heme acquisition systems to utilize iron from the host. Here, we demonstrate that Mycobacterium tuberculosis can utilize heme as an iron source, suggesting that M. tuberculosis possesses a yet-unknown heme acquisition system.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21296960 PMCID: PMC3067660 DOI: 10.1128/JB.01312-10
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Bacteriol ISSN: 0021-9193 Impact factor: 3.490