References

Biology

Iron metabolism and iron associated diseases in humans

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Nicolas, G. (2004). Hepcidin, a candidate modifier of the hemochromatosis phenotype in mice. Blood 103, 2841–2843.
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Pantopoulos, K., Porwal, S.K., Tartakoff, A., and Devireddy, L. (2012). Mechanisms of Mammalian Iron Homeostasis. Biochemistry 51, 5705–5724.
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FUR, siderophores and iron metabolism in bacteria

Pecqueur, L. (2006). Structural Changes of Escherichia coli Ferric Uptake Regulator during Metal-dependent Dimerization and Activation Explored by NMR and X-ray Crystallography. Journal of Biological Chemistry 281, 21286–21295.
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Visca, P., Leoni, L., Wilson, M.J., and Lamont, I.L. (2002). Iron transport and regulation, cell signalling and genomics: lessons from Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas. Mol. Microbiol. 45, 1177–1190.
Zhang, Z., Gosset, G., Barabote, R., Gonzalez, C.S., Cuevas, W.A., and Saier, M.H. (2005). Functional Interactions between the Carbon and Iron Utilization Regulators, Crp and Fur, in Escherichia coli. Journal of Bacteriology 187, 980–990.

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