Louisiana State University LSU Digital Commons LSU Doctoral Dissertations Graduate School 2009 Biogenesis of iron-sulfur clusters and intracellular iron metabolism Jacob Philip Bitoun Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College,
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[email protected]. BIOGENESIS OF IRON-SULFUR CLUSTERS AND INTRACELLULAR IRON METABOLISM A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in The Department of Biological Sciences By Jacob Philip Bitoun B.S., Louisiana State University, 2004 August, 2009 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS In retrospect, it has become evident that I would not have been able to complete this journey through graduate school without the help of many people. I would like to thank my major professor, Dr. Huangen Ding, for his patience and mentorship. Only now, as a Ph.D candidate, do I realize how much time and commitment he has invested into me and my research. I would like to thank my committee members: Dr. John R. Battista, Dr. Joomyeong Kim, Dr. Yong-Hwan Lee, and Dr.