A battle for iron: host sequestration and Staphylococcus aureus acquisition.
Microbes Infect
; 14(3): 217-27, 2012 Mar.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-22123296
ABSTRACT
The use of iron as an enzymatic cofactor is pervasive in biological systems. Consequently most living organisms, including pathogenic bacteria, require iron to survive and replicate. To combat infection vertebrates have evolved sophisticated iron sequestration systems against which, pathogenic bacteria have concomitantly evolved equally elaborate iron acquisition mechanisms.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Staphylococcal Infections
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Staphylococcus aureus
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Hemoglobins
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Iron
Limits:
Animals
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Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Microbes Infect
Journal subject:
ALERGIA E IMUNOLOGIA
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MICROBIOLOGIA
Year:
2012
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United States
Publication country:
FR
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FRANCE
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FRANCIA
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FRANÇA