Iron transport and storage in microorganisms, plants, and animals

Biological cycling of iron in the sea microbial iron transport - iron acquisition by pathogenic microorganisms bacterial iron transport - mechanisms, genetics and regulation molecular biology of iron transport in fungi soil microorganisms andiron uptake by higher plants iron transport in gaminaceous plants the coordination chemistry of siderophores - thermodynamics and kinetics of iron chelation and release biomimetic siderophores - from structural probes to diagnostic tools the physicalchemistry of bacterial outer-membrane siderophore receptor proteins the iron responsive element (IRE) family of mRNA regulators structure and structure-function relationships in the ferritins ferritin - uptake, storage and release of iron ferritin -its mineralization iron storage and ferritin in plants transferrin, the transferring receptor and the uptake of iron by cells iron homeostasis the role of other metals in iron transport iron chelators for clinical use.