Rat intestinal and hepatic ferritin subunit expression during development and after dietary iron feeding

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 270, Issue 3 33-3, 1996, Pages

  Yeh, Kwo Yih ^a   Alvarez Hernandez, Xavier ^a   Glass, Jonathan ^a   Yeh, Mary ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ferritin heavy and light subunits; ferritin messenger ribonucleic acids; postnatal development

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; IRON; IRON BINDING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DUODENUM; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GENE EXPRESSION; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; IRON ABSORPTION; IRON METABOLISM; LIVER; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029981176     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.1996.270.3.g498     Document Type: Article

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