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Refining the mechanism of heme acquisition from free hemoglobin by Staphylococcus aureus IsdH
Summary
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 20, May 2026. SignificanceBacterial pathogens must acquire essential nutrients from the human host to survive and cause infection. One of the most important is iron, which in our bloodstream is sequestered inside hemoglobin.Staphylococcus aureusovercomes this barrier ...
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 20, May 2026. SignificanceBacterial pathogens must acquire essential nutrients from the human host to survive and cause infection. One of the most important is iron, which in our bloodstream is sequestered inside hemoglobin.Staphylococcus aureusovercomes this barrier ...