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The biochemical and physiological characteristics of surface receptors of gram negative bacteria
Lucienne Letellier1, Mónica Santamaria
1Institut de Biochimie et Biophysique Moléculaire et Cellulaire, UMR CNRS 8619, Université Paris Sud, Bat 430, 91405 Orsay, Cedex, France. lucienne.letellier@biomemb.u-psud.fr
Mini Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry
|October 9, 2002
Abstract:
This review focuses on the properties of ferric iron surface receptors of Gram negative bacteria. We discuss the different strategies to acquire iron, and the fundamental role of these receptors in pathogenicity. The structure of some of these receptors, iron transport and regulation mechanisms are presented here.