Streamlined copper defenses make Bordetella pertussis reliant on custom-made operon

Alex Rivera-Millot et al. investigate copper homeostasis in the whooping cough agent Bordetella pertussis, which has a single copper defense mechanism via a metallochaperone diverted for copper passivation and two peroxide detoxification enzymes. This study demonstrates that copper up-regulates the...

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Main Authors: Alex Rivera-Millot, Stéphanie Slupek, Jonathan Chatagnon, Gauthier Roy, Jean-Michel Saliou, Gabriel Billon, Véronique Alaimo, David Hot, Sophie Salomé-Desnoulez, Camille Locht, Rudy Antoine, Françoise Jacob-Dubuisson
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Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/8437a2a6d9fa42868f9b6a88b4736a8a
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