Harnessing the toxicity of dysregulated iron uptake for killing <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>: reality or mirage?

Nalin Abeydeera, Bing Yu, Bishnu D. Pant, Min‐Ho Kim, Songping D. Huang

Biomaterials Science · 2021 · 19 citations · 30 references

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Iron—a double-edged sword in biology! The naturally-occuring lipophilic Fe( iii )-chelator hinokitiol allows for harnessing dysregulated iron uptake to kill Staphylococcus aureus bacteria.

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