Iron metabolism and iron associated diseases in humans
Ganz, T., and Nemeth, E. (2011). Hepcidin and Disorders of Iron Metabolism. Annual Review of Medicine 62, 347–360.
Hentze, M.W., Muckenthaler, M.U., Galy, B., and Camaschella, C. (2010). Two to Tango: Regulation of Mammalian Iron Metabolism. Cell 142, 24–38.
Nicolas, G. (2004). Hepcidin, a candidate modifier of the hemochromatosis phenotype in mice. Blood 103, 2841–2843.
Nicolas, G., Bennoun, M., Devaux, I., Beaumont, C., Grandchamp, B., Kahn, A., and Vaulont, S. (2001). From the Cover: Lack of hepcidin gene expression and severe tissue iron overload in upstream stimulatory factor 2 (USF2) knockout mice. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 98, 8780–8785.
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FUR, siderophores and iron metabolism in bacteria
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Protocols
Louden, B.C., Haarmann, D., and Lynne, A. (2011). Use of Blue Agar CAS Assay for Siderophore Detection. Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education 12,.
Modeling
B. Hari, S. Bakalis, P. Fryer (2012). Computational Modeling and Simulation of the Human Duodenum
Philosophy
G. Simondon (1958). On the Mode of Existence of Technical Objects
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