Aquisition, mobilization and utilization of cellular iron and heme: Endless findings and growing evidence of tight regulation

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 205, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 297-318

  Taketani, Shigeru ^a  

^a KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Heme; Iron; Mitochondria; Transferin; Transport

Indexed keywords

BACH1; FERRITIN; HEME; HEMOPROTEIN; IRON; NPAS2; OXYGEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOGENESIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL DEATH; CELL INTERACTION; CELL METABOLISM; CELL MOTILITY; CELL SURFACE; CELL TRANSPORT; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA SYNTHESIS; EFFUSION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ERYTHROID CELL; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HEME SYNTHESIS; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HLA SYSTEM; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; IRON INTAKE; IRON METABOLISM; IRON STORAGE; IRON TRANSPORT; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RADICAL REACTION; REVIEW; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; HEME; HEMEPROTEINS; HUMANS; IRON; IRON REGULATORY PROTEIN 1; IRON REGULATORY PROTEIN 2; MITOCHONDRIA; OXYGEN;

EID: 17844393421     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.205.297     Document Type: Review

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