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Nitroxoline treatment of Balamuthia mandrillaris triggers genomic crisis, transcriptional collapse, and incomplete encystment via copper and iron chelation
Kaitlin A. Marquis, Natasha Spottiswoode, Angela M. Detweiler…·Joseph L. DeRisi
This paper investigates how nitroxoline induces genomic instability, transcriptional collapse, and incomplete encystment in Balamuthia mandrillaris by chelating copper and iron.
DOI 10.1101/2025.02.25.640156