Iron-sulphur cluster biogenesis and mitochondrial iron homeostasis

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 345-351

  Rouault, Tracey A ^a   Tong, Wing Hang ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON SULFUR PROTEIN;

BIOGENESIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; HOMEOSTASIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANEMIA, SIDEROBLASTIC; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; IRON; IRON OVERLOAD; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; MICE; MITOCHONDRIA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; YEASTS;

ATAXIA;

EID: 17144378216     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrm1620     Document Type: Review

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