Role of transferrin, transferrin receptors, and iron in macrophage listericidal activity
It is not yet known what properties distinguish macrophages which can kill facultative intracellular bacteria, such as Listeria monocytogenes, from those which cannot. Listeria is an organism which requires iron for growth, yet macrophage listericidal mechanisms are also likely to be iron dependent....
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| Language: | English |
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The Rockefeller University Press
1991
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2118915/ |