YbtP and YbtQ: two ABC transporters required for iron uptake in Yersinia pestis
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- 1 April 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Molecular Microbiology
- Vol. 32 (2) , 289-299
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01348.x
Abstract
Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of plague, makes a siderophore termed yersiniabactin (Ybt), which it uses to obtain iron during growth at 37°C. The genes required for the synthesis and utilizat...Keywords
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