Proteomic analysis of iron acquisition, metabolic and regulatory responses of <it>Yersinia pestis </it>to iron starvation

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The Gram-negative bacterium <it>Yersinia pestis </it>is the causative agent of the bubonic plague. Efficient iron acquisition systems are critical to the ability of <it>Y. pestis </it>to infect, spread and gro...

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Main Authors: Fleischmann Robert D, Alami Hamid, Clark David J, Parmar Prashanth P, Huang Shih-Ting, Pieper Rembert, Perry Robert D, Peterson Scott N
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-01-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/10/30