Transition Metals at the Host-pathogen Interface: How Neisseria Exploit Human Metalloproteins for Acquiring Iron and Zinc
Transition metals are essential nutrients for all organisms and important players in the host-microbe interaction. During bacterial infection, a tug-of-war between the host and microbe for nutrient metals occurs: the host innate immune system responds to the pathogen by reducing metal availability a...
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Portland Press,
2018-02-05T16:01:25Z.
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