Iron uptake by melanoma cells from the soluble form of the transferrin homologue, melanotransferrin

Redox Report

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 279-282

  Food, Michael R ^a   Richardson, Des R ^a  

^a HEART RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON; IRON 59; MELANOTRANSFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IRON TRANSPORT; ISOTOPE LABELING; MELANOMA CELL; PINOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RECEPTOR BINDING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOLUBILITY; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

BINDING SITES; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; HUMANS; IRON; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFERRIN; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0036924469     PISSN: 13510002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/135100002125000794     Document Type: Article

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