Molecular mechanism of hepcidin deficiency in a patient with juvenile hemochromatosis

Haematologica

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 127-128

  Rideau, Alexandra ^a   Mangeat, Bastien ^b,c   Matthes, Thomas ^a   Trono, Didier ^b,c   Beris, Photis ^a,d  

^a Hematology Service   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

^d GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

HAMP gene; Hepcidin; Juvenile hemochromatosis; Kozak consensus sequence

Indexed keywords

HEPCIDIN; MESSENGER RNA;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; CELL LINE; CODON, INITIATOR; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 33846895200     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3324/haematol.10545     Document Type: Article

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