Iron and Tuberculosis pathogenesis
Thesis (MSc)--Stellenbosch University, 2014. === ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Iron is an essential element that plays a role in the process of respiration, oxygen transport and as a principle cofactor to several enzymes. Iron homeostasis is a finely regulated process since excess levels become toxic to healthy...
Main Author: | Cowie, Danielle |
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Other Authors: | Zaahl, Monique G. |
Format: | Others |
Language: | en_ZA |
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Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University
2014
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/86566 |
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