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Besold A, Gilston B, Radin J, Ramsoomair C, Culbertson E, Li C, et al.
Infect Immun . 2017 Nov; 86(2). PMID: 29133349
The opportunistic fungal pathogen acquires essential metals from the host, yet the host can sequester these micronutrients through a process known as nutritional immunity. How the host withholds metals from...
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Li C, Gleason J, Zhang S, Bruno V, Cormack B, Culotta V
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A . 2015 Sep; 112(38):E5336-42. PMID: 26351691
Copper is both an essential nutrient and potentially toxic metal, and during infection the host can exploit Cu in the control of pathogen growth. Here we describe a clever adaptation...
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Gleason J, Li C, Odeh H, Culotta V
J Biol Inorg Chem . 2013 Sep; 19(4-5):595-603. PMID: 24043471
Candida albicans is a pathogenic yeast of important public health relevance. Virulence of C. albicans requires a copper and zinc containing superoxide dismutase (SOD1), but the biology of C. albicans...
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Leitch J, Li C, Baron J, Matthews L, Cao X, Hart P, et al.
Biochemistry . 2011 Dec; 51(2):677-85. PMID: 22148750
In eukaryotic organisms, the largely cytosolic copper- and zinc-containing superoxide dismutase (Cu/Zn SOD) enzyme represents a key defense against reactive oxygen toxicity. Although much is known about the biology of...