Salmonella typhimurium encodes a putative iron transport system within the centisome 63 pathogenicity island.
Zhou D, Hardt W, Galán J. Salmonella typhimurium encodes a putative iron transport system within the centisome 63 pathogenicity island. Infection And Immunity 1999, 67: 1974-81. PMID: 10085045, PMCID: PMC96555, DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.4.1974-1981.1999.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIron transport systemPathogenicity islandGrowth defectMinimal mediumPutative periplasmic binding proteinFur-dependent mannerPutative iron transport systemApparent growth defectS. typhimurium chromosomePeriplasmic binding proteinATP-binding proteinIron uptake systemOpen reading frameWild-type S. typhimuriumIron-restricted environmentNucleotide compositionPutative permeasesTransport systemExtensive homologyABC transportersReading frameSalmonella typhimuriumVirulence phenotypesUptake systemBinding protein