Ironing Out the Unconventional Mechanisms of Iron Acquisition and Gene Regulation in Chlamydia
Pokorzynski ND, Thompson CC, Carabeo RA. Ironing Out the Unconventional Mechanisms of Iron Acquisition and Gene Regulation in Chlamydia. Frontiers In Cellular And Infection Microbiology 2017, 7: 394. PMID: 28951853, PMCID: PMC5599777, DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2017.00394.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGene regulationIron homeostasisAberrant morphological phenotypesIron biologyUnconventional mechanismObligate intracellular pathogensDeprivation of ironSpecies relativesTranscriptional regulatorsGenome sequenceTransporter subunitsIron acquisitionIron-dependent bacteriaVesicular modeChlamydial speciesMorphological phenotypesIntracellular environmentIntracellular pathogensImportance of ironRecent discoveryAvailability of ironHomeostasisRecent findingsBiologyPersistent phenotype