Original paper
Iron sequestration by transferrin 1 mediates nutritional immunity inDrosophila melanogaster
Volume: 117, Issue: 13, Pages: 7317 - 7325
Published: Mar 18, 2020
Abstract
Significance Hosts sequester iron as a strategy to limit pathogen acquisition of this essential nutrient in a process termed nutritional immunity. Due to their in vitro antimicrobial activity, iron-binding proteins transferrins are suspected to play a role in iron sequestration. However, little is known about the in vivo role of transferrins. Here, we found that Drosophila melanogaster exhibits infection-induced hypoferremia mediated by...
Paper Details
Title
Iron sequestration by transferrin 1 mediates nutritional immunity inDrosophila melanogaster
Published Date
Mar 18, 2020
Volume
117
Issue
13
Pages
7317 - 7325