Ferritins: Dynamic management of biological iron and oxygen chemistry

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 167-175

  Liu, Xiaofeng ^a,b   Theil, Elizabeth C ^a,b,c  

^a CHORI   (United States)

^b CHORI ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; IRON; OXYGEN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHANNEL GATING; MINERALIZATION; OXIDATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; FERRITINS; IRON; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS;

EID: 15244339209     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar0302336     Document Type: Article

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