Copper and Bacteria Evolution, Homeostasis and Toxicity /

In the past two decades, great progress has been made in the understanding of copper as a bioelement. The book summarizes the current knowledge of copper toxicity, homeostasis and resistance in bacteria, in which proteins like copper ATPases, copper chaperones and copper-responsive regulators of gen...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Solioz, Marc (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Series:SpringerBriefs in Biometals,
Subjects:
Organometallic chemistry .
Microbiology.
Bacteriology.
Medical microbiology.
ISBN:9783319944395
ISSN:2212-9901
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Table of Contents:
  • Copper - a modern bioelement
  • The essence of copper homeostasis
  • Copper toxicity mechanisms
  • Copper homeostasis in Gram-positive bacteria
  • Copper homeostasis in Gram-negative bacteria
  • Chalkophores, the 'siderophores' for copper
  • Copper loading of cuproenzymes
  • Contact killing of bacteria by metallic copper.

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