Title : A Streptococcus pneumoniae pathogenicity island encoding an ABC transporter involved in iron uptake and virulence.

Pub. Date : 2001 May

PMID : 11359564






1 Functional Relationships(s)
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1 S. pneumoniae strains containing disrupted copies of either pit1 or pit2 had decreased sensitivity to the iron-dependent antibiotic streptonigrin, and a strain containing disrupted copies of both pit1 and pit2 was unable to use haemoglobin as an iron source and had a reduced rate of iron uptake. Streptonigrin POU domain, class 1, transcription factor 1 Mus musculus