Microbiology. Pathogenic bacteria prefer heme.
Rouault
Tracey A
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Section on Human Iron Metabolism, Cell Biology and Metabolism Branch, the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. trou@helix.nih.gov
D000818:Animals; D023181:Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides / Q000378:metabolism; D001815:Bloodletting; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans / Q000382:microbiology; D006418:Heme / Q000378:metabolism*; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000378:metabolism; D064451:Hepcidins; D006801:Humans; D007501:Iron / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D007503:Iron Isotopes; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D014168:Transferrin / Q000378:metabolism; D014774:Virulence
D023181:Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides; D006454:Hemoglobins; D064451:Hepcidins; D007503:Iron Isotopes; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D014168:Transferrin; D006418:Heme; D007501:Iron