1. Editorial

   OriginalPaper Pages: vii - ix

2. Zinc and Diabetes

   • Wolfgang Maret

   Preface Pages: 293 - 294

3. Zinc–Ligand Interactions Modulate Assembly and Stability of the Insulin Hexamer – A Review

   • Michael F. Dunn

   OriginalPaper Pages: 295 - 303

4. Zinc, the Pancreas, and Diabetes: Insights from Rodent Studies and Future Directions

   • Carla G. Taylor

   OriginalPaper Pages: 305 - 312

5. ZnT-8, A Pancreatic Beta-Cell-Specific Zinc Transporter

   • Fabrice Chimienti
   • Alain Favier
   • Michel Seve

   OriginalPaper Pages: 313 - 317

6. The Pharmacology of the Insulinomimetic Effect of Zinc Complexes

   • Hiromu Sakurai
   • Yusuke Adachi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 319 - 323

7. Zinc and the Diabetic Heart

   • Ye Song
   • Jianxun Wang
   • Lu Cai

   OriginalPaper Pages: 325 - 332

8. Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases as Targets of the Combined Insulinomimetic Effects of Zinc and Oxidants

   • Hajo Haase
   • Wolfgang Maret

   OriginalPaper Pages: 333 - 338

9. Mechanisms of Haem and Non-Haem Iron Absorption: Lessons from Inherited Disorders of Iron Metabolism

   • Gregory J Anderson
   • David M Frazer
   • Ann Smith

   OriginalPaper Pages: 339 - 348

10. The ABC Transporter Abcg2/Bcrp: Role in Hypoxia Mediated Survival

    • Partha Krishnamurthy
    • John D. Schuetz

    OriginalPaper Pages: 349 - 358

11. The Macrophage: A Cellular Factory at the Interphase Between Iron and Immunity for the Control of Infections

    • Igor Theurl
    • Gernot Fritsche
    • Günter Weiss

    OriginalPaper Pages: 359 - 367

12. Marine Siderophores and Microbial Iron Mobilization

    • Alison Butler

    OriginalPaper Pages: 369 - 374

13. Molecular Dynamics Simulations of the Periplasmic Ferric-hydroxamate Binding Protein FhuD

    • Karla D. Krewulak
    • Craig M. Shepherd
    • Hans J. Vogel

    OriginalPaper Pages: 375 - 386

14. Expression and Regulation Pattern of Ferritin-like DpsA in the Archaeon Halobacterium Salinarum

    • Sabine Reindel
    • Christian L. Schmidt
    • Berthold F. Matzanke

    OriginalPaper Pages: 387 - 397

15. Secondary Transporters for Nickel and Cobalt Ions: Theme and Variations

    • Thomas Eitinger
    • Jennifer Suhr
    • J. Andrew C. Smith

    OriginalPaper Pages: 399 - 405

16. Copper Chaperone Cycling and Degradation in the Regulation of theCop Operon of Enterococcus Hirae

    • David Magnani
    • Marc Solioz

    OriginalPaper Pages: 407 - 412

17. Structural Determinants of Metal Selectivity in Prokaryotic Metal-responsive Transcriptional Regulators

    • Mario A. Pennella
    • David P. Giedroc

    OriginalPaper Pages: 413 - 428

18. A Design for Life: Prokaryotic Metal-binding MerR Family Regulators

    • Jon L. Hobman
    • John Wilkie
    • Nigel L. Brown

    OriginalPaper Pages: 429 - 436

19. Control of Expression of a Periplasmic Nickel Efflux Pump by Periplasmic Nickel Concentrations

    • Gregor Grass
    • Beate Fricke
    • Dietrich H. Nies

    OriginalPaper Pages: 437 - 448