Molecular mechanisms of iron uptake in fungi

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1185-1197

  Kosman, Daniel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON; ISOENZYME; METALLOREDUCTASE; PERMEASE; SIDEROPHORE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AUTOREGULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FUNGUS; GENOMICS; HOMEOSTASIS; IRON KINETICS; IRON METABOLISM; IRON TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SHORT SURVEY; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

ASCOMYCOTA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CERULOPLASMIN; FMN REDUCTASE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUNGI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HOMEOSTASIS; ION TRANSPORT; IRON; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SIDEROPHORES;

FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0037341361     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03368.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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