Crosa, Jorge / Payne, Shelley Iron Transport in Bacteria
1. Edition September 2004 122.- Euro 2004. Hardcover ISBN 978-1-55581-292-8 - John Wiley & Sons
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Detailed description provides an up-to-date survey of iron transport systems in bacteria;
details iron transport and its regulation in E.colias a prototype for iron transport systems in gram-negative bacteria;
includes chapters on the major gram-negative, gram-positive and acid-fast bacterial pathogens - their iron transport systems and the roles of these systems in virulence;
presents structural studies of siderophores, heme carriers, and iron transport proteins;
discusses the ecology of siderophores and potential therapeutic uses of siderophores.