Iron uptake in Ustilago maydis: Studies with fluorescent ferrichrome analogues

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 3625-3631

  Ardon, Orly ^a   Weizman, Haim ^b   Libman, Jacqueline ^b   Shanzer, Abraham ^b   Chen, Yona ^a   Hadar, Yitzhak ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ferrichrome; Fluorescence microscopy; Fluorescent biomimetic siderophores; Fungal iron uptake

Indexed keywords

FERRIC ION; FERRICHROME; SIDEROPHORE;

ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUOROMETRY; IRON TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; USTILAGO MAYDIS;

FORMICIDAE; FUNGI; USTILAGO MAYDIS;

EID: 0030690277     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-11-3625     Document Type: Article

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