Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6132538 | Current Opinion in Microbiology | 2009 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
The iron scarcity in the host environment presents a challenge for infecting microorganisms. Fungi can assimilate iron via reductive, nonreductive, and host molecule-specific mechanisms. Recent developments in the characterization of iron acquisition mechanisms in the four best-studied fungal pathogens reveal commonalities and differences in those mechanisms as well as in their regulatory pathways.
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Authors
Daniel Kornitzer,