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Review
. 1996 May;4(5):179-84.
doi: 10.1016/0966-842x(96)10029-9.

Iron acquisition in the pathogenic Neisseria

C A Genco  1 , P J Desai
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Iron acquisition in the pathogenic Neisseria

C A Genco et al. Trends Microbiol. 1996 May.

Abstract

Pathogenic Neisseria species need to obtain iron from the host to grow in vivo. Several iron-transport systems are known, and regulation of Neisseria iron-transport genes occurs via the transcriptional regulator Fur. There is evidence that the ability to transport iron is crucial to the survival of these organisms in vivo.

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