Crusade for iron: iron uptake in unicellular eukaryotes and its significance for virulence.

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Published in Trends Microbiol on May 28, 2008

Authors

Robert Sutak1, Emmanuel Lesuisse, Jan Tachezy, Des R Richardson

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Pathology and Bosch Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.

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