The key role played by iron, as well as other transition metals, in microbial metabolism is investigated in this volume. Topics covered include: iron chelation

This book explains the metabolic processes by which microbes obtain and control the intracellular availability of their required metal and metalloid ions. The b

This book covers allocation of metals in cells, metal transporter, storage and metalloregulatory proteins, cellular responses to metal ion stress, transcription

This volume of Current Topics in Membranes focuses on metal transmembrane transporters and pumps, a recently discovered family of membrane proteins with many im

The importance of metals in biology, the environment and medicine has become increasingly evident over the last twenty five years. The study of the multiple rol