Illuminating Siderophore Transporter Functionality with Thiopeptide Antibiotics
ABSTRACT The Gram-negative opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a leading cause of infections and mortality in immunocompromised patients. This organism can overcome iron deprivation during infection via the synthesis of two iron-chelating siderophores, pyoverdine and pyochelin, which sc...
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American Society for Microbiology
2023-04-01
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| Online Access: | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mbio.03326-22 |