Bacterial iron homeostasis

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 27, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 215-237

  Andrews, Simon C ^a   Robinson, Andrea K ^a   Rodríguez Quiñones, Francisco ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

DtxR; Feo; Ferritin; Fur; Iron; Siderophore

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; FERROUS ION; LACTOFERRIN; SIDEROPHORE; TRANSFERRIN;

CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOPLASM; IRON BALANCE; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; IRON KINETICS; IRON METABOLISM; IRON STORAGE; IRON TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; REVIEW;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0038579427     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6445(03)00055-X     Document Type: Review

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