Iron transport: Emerging roles in health and disease

Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 679-689

  Goswami, Tapasree ^a   Rolfs, Andreas ^a   Hediger, Matthias A ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; DCT1; Hemochromatosis; Iron; Transferrin; Transporter

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; DISEASES; DNA; HEALTH; PROTEINS; REDOX REACTIONS;

PHOSPHORYLATIONS;

IRON;

CARRIER PROTEIN; FERRIC ION; FERROUS ION; HEME; HEMOGLOBIN; HEPHAESTIN; HYDROXYL RADICAL; IRON; NATURAL RESISTANCE ASSOCIATED MACROPHAGE PROTEIN 2; OXYGEN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BINDING SITE; BLOOD; CATALYSIS; CELL DAMAGE; CELL DESTRUCTION; CYTOTOXICITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISORDERS OF METAL METABOLISM; DNA DAMAGE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IRON ABSORPTION; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON OVERLOAD; IRON RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; IRON STORAGE; IRON TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; PATHOLOGY; PH; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; REVIEW; SOLUBILITY;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; IRON; IRON CHELATING AGENTS; IRON METABOLISM DISORDERS; MODELS, GENETIC; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

EID: 0036968688     PISSN: 08298211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/o02-159     Document Type: Review

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