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    Cell Host Microbe. 2009 May 8;5(5):422-4.

    A precious metal heist.

    Skaar EP.

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    Nearly all bacterial pathogens require iron to successfully infect their vertebrate hosts. The host molecule lipocalin-2 exploits this by sequestering bacterial siderophores as a mechanism of protection against infection. Raffatellu et al. (2009) show that Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium circumvents this through the production of the modified siderophore salmochelin.

    PMID: 19454345 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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