Stealthy microbes: How Neisseria gonorrhoeae hijacks bulwarked iron during infection

Transition metals are essential for metalloprotein function among all domains of life. Humans utilize nutritional immunity to limit bacterial infections, employing metalloproteins such as hemoglobin, transferrin, and lactoferrin across a variety of physiological niches to sequester iron from invadin...

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Main Authors: Julie Lynn Stoudenmire, Ashley Nicole Greenawalt, Cynthia Nau Cornelissen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcimb.2022.1017348/full