The Yfe system of Yersinia pestis transports iron and manganese and is required for full virulence of plague
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- 1 April 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Molecular Microbiology
- Vol. 32 (2) , 403-414
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01360.x
Abstract
Iron acquisition in Yersinia pestis is fundamental to the success of plague pathogenesis. We have previously identified an ≈5.6 kb region (yfe) of Y. pestis genomic DNA, capable of restoring iron‐def...Keywords
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