Human Serum Albumin Facilitates Heme-Iron Utilization by Fungi

ABSTRACT A large portion of biological iron is found in the form of an iron-protoporphyrin IX complex, or heme. In the human host environment, which is exceptionally poor in free iron, heme iron, particularly from hemoglobin, constitutes a major source of iron for invading microbial pathogens. Sever...

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Autores principales: Mariel Pinsky, Udita Roy, Shilat Moshe, Ziva Weissman, Daniel Kornitzer
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Publicado: American Society for Microbiology 2020
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