The high affinity iron permease is a key virulence factor required for Rhizopus oryzae pathogenesis.

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Published in Mol Microbiol on June 01, 2010

Authors

Ashraf S Ibrahim1, Teclegiorgis Gebremariam, Lin Lin, Guanpingsheng Luo, Mohamed I Husseiny, Christopher D Skory, Yue Fu, Samuel W French, John E Edwards, Brad Spellberg

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Infectious Diseases, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Medical Center, Torrance, CA, USA. ibrahim@labiomed.org

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