Fungal mechanisms for host iron acquisition

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 377-383

  Kornitzer, Daniel ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEME; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; SIDEROPHORE; TRANSFERRIN;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS GROWTH; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IRON TRANSPORT; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; FUNGI; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; IRON; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

FUNGI;

EID: 68049124942     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2009.05.005     Document Type: Review

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