Identification of an Acinetobacter baumannii Zinc Acquisition System that Facilitates Resistance to Calprotectin-mediated Zinc Sequestration

M. Indriati Hood; Brittany L. Mortensen; Jessica L. Moore; Yaofang Zhang; Thomas E. Kehl-Fie; Norie Sugitani; Walter J. Chazin; Richard M. Caprioli; Eric P. Skaar

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1003068

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Identification of an Acinetobacter baumannii Zinc Acquisition System that Facilitates Resistance to Calprotectin-mediated Zinc Sequestration

M. Indriati Hood,

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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Brittany L. Mortensen,

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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Jessica L. Moore,

Affiliations Mass Spectrometry Research Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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Yaofang Zhang,

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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Thomas E. Kehl-Fie,

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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Norie Sugitani,

Affiliations Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Center for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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Walter J. Chazin,

Affiliations Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Center for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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Richard M. Caprioli,

Affiliations Mass Spectrometry Research Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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Eric P. Skaar

* E-mail: eric.skaar@vanderbilt.edu

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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Identification of an Acinetobacter baumannii Zinc Acquisition System that Facilitates Resistance to Calprotectin-mediated Zinc Sequestration

M. Indriati Hood,
Brittany L. Mortensen,
Jessica L. Moore,
Yaofang Zhang,
Thomas E. Kehl-Fie,
Norie Sugitani,
Walter J. Chazin,
Richard M. Caprioli,
Eric P. Skaar

Published: December 6, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1003068

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