Iron metabolism and the IRE/IRP regulatory system: An update

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1012, Issue , 2004, Pages 1-13

  Pantopoulos, Kostas ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aconitase; DMT1; Ferritin; Ferroportin; Iron metabolism; Iron responsive elements; IRP1; IRP2; Oxidative stress; Transferrin receptor

Indexed keywords

ACONITATE HYDRATASE; CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; FERRITIN; FERROPORTIN 1; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IRON; IRON REGULATORY PROTEIN 1; IRON REGULATORY PROTEIN 2; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; NATURAL RESISTANCE ASSOCIATED MACROPHAGE PROTEIN 2; NITRIC OXIDE; PROTEASOME; PROTEIN IRE1; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

CELL LEVEL; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; IRON METABOLISM; IRON RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; IRON STORAGE; IRON TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; RNA TRANSLATION; STARVATION;

EID: 1842608845     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1306.001     Document Type: Review

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