Iron absorption and transport

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 318, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 213-229

  Conrad, Marcel E ^a   Umbreit, Jay N ^a   Moore, Elizabeth G ^a  

^a University of South Alabama Mitchell Cancer Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

DCT 1; Hephaestin; Integrin; Mobilferrin; Paraferritin

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; DNA; FERRITIN; FERROUS SULFATE; HEME; HEMOGLOBIN; INTEGRIN; IRON; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DIETARY INTAKE; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROLEUKEMIA CELL; HUMAN; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; IRON ABSORPTION; IRON TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN;

EID: 0033507534     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9629(15)40626-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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