Identification of a new hexadentate iron chelator capable of restricting the intramacrophagic growth of Mycobacterium avium

Iron accumulation has been suggested to contribute to an increase of the susceptibility to mycobacterial infections. In this study we tested the effect of an array of iron chelating ligands of the 3-hydroxy-4-pyidinone family, in the intramacrophagic growth of Mycobacterium ovum, We found that biden...

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Main Author: Sofia Sousa Fernandes (author)
Other Authors: Ana Nunes (author), Ana Rita Gomes (author), Baltazar de Castro (author), Robert C Hider (author), Maria Rangel (author), Rui Appelberg (author), Maria Salome Gomes (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2010
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10216/91063
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio-aberto.up.pt:10216/91063