Hepcidin, a new protein of body iron homeostasis;Hepcidina, una nueva proteína en la homeostasis del hierro

Anales de Medicina Interna

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 605-606

  Del Castillo Rueda, A ^a   De Portugal Alvarez J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; HEPCIDIN; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANEMIA; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME 19; CHROMOSOME 1Q; CHROMOSOME 6; EDITORIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMAN; IRON ABSORPTION; IRON BALANCE; IRON METABOLISM; IRON OVERLOAD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; IRON; LIVER; MEMBRANE PROTEINS;

EID: 0346458559     PISSN: 02127199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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