Structural determination and functional annotation of ChuS and ChuX, two members of the heme utilization operon in pathogenic Escherichia coli O157:H7
For pathogenic microorganisms, heme uptake and degradation is a critical mechanism for iron acquisition that enables multiplication and survival within hosts they invade. While the bacterial proteins involved in heme transport had been identified at the initiation of our investigation, the fate of h...
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2007
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1974/429 |