Metal ion transporters in mammals: Structure, function and pathological implications

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 518, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-12

  Rolfs, Andreas ^b   Hediger, Matthias A ^a  

^a HARVARD INSTITUTES OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREE RADICAL; METAL ION; TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; IRON; IRON REGULATORY PROTEIN 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MENKES PROTEIN; NATURAL RESISTANCE ASSOCIATED MACROPHAGE PROTEIN 1; NATURAL RESISTANCE ASSOCIATED MACROPHAGE PROTEIN 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WILSON DISEASE PROTEIN; ZINC ION; ZINC TRANSPORTER; ZINC TRANSPORTER 1; ZINC TRANSPORTER 2; ZINC TRANSPORTER 3; ZINC TRANSPORTER 4;

ANEMIA; ANIMAL CELL; CATALYSIS; CATION TRANSPORT; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; ENDOCYTOSIS; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; GENE CONTROL; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HOMEOSTASIS; ION TRANSPORT; IRON INTAKE; IRON TRANSPORT; MENKES SYNDROME; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RAT; REVIEW; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; BASOLATERAL MEMBRANE; BINDING AFFINITY; CLONING; CONSENSUS TRANSPORT MOTIF; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INFECTION; IRON RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; KINETICS; MACROPHAGE; MAMMAL; MICROCYTIC ANEMIA; MNK GENE; OOCYTE; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; STIMULATOR OF IRON TRANSPORT; WILSON DISEASE; XENOPUS;

CARRIER PROTEINS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; METALS;

EID: 0033166706     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1999.0001r.x     Document Type: Review

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