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

Abstract

The effective acquisition of iron is a pre-requisite for survival of all organisms, especially parasites that have a high iron requirement.

Keywords

• yeast saccharomyces-cerevisiae
• transferrin-receptor variation
• candida-albicans
• tritrichomonas-fetus
• trypanosoma-brucei
• ferrichrome transporter
• hemoglobin endocytosis
• trichomonas-vaginalis
• leishmania-chagasi
• gene-expression