Zinc Sequestration: Arming Phagocyte Defense against Fungal Attack
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1 Department of Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America, 2 Division of Infectious Diseases, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America, 3 University of Cincinnati/Agilent Technologies Metallomics Center of the Americas, Department of Chemistry, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America, 4 Divisions of Rheumatology and Biomedical Informatics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America, 5 Veterans Affairs Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
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