Iron metabolism in the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum: A role for ferric chelate reductases

Iron is the most abundant transition metal in all living organisms and is essential for several cellular activities, including respiration, oxygen transport, energy production and regulation of gene expression. Iron starvation is used by professional phagocytes, from Dictyostelium to macrophages, as...

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Main Authors: Barbara Peracino, Valentina Monica, Luca Primo, Enrico Bracco, Salvatore Bozzaro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-06-01
Series:European Journal of Cell Biology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0171933522000334