Identification of Nramp2 as an iron transport protein: Another piece of the intestinal iron absorption puzzle

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 88-89

  Fleet, James C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; IRON BINDING PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN;

HEMOCHROMATOSIS; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; INTESTINE CELL; IRON ABSORPTION; IRON TRANSPORT; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0031966684     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.1998.tb01701.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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