title: Copper at the front line of the host-pathogen battle.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: Richard A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Festa
authors.forename: Dennis J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Thiele
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001419:Bacteria / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*; D003300:Copper / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000633:toxicity*; D005658:Fungi / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D054884:Host-Pathogen Interactions; D007113:Immunity, Innate; D009181:Mycoses / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D003300:Copper