Iron-regulatory proteins limit hypoxia-inducible factor-2α expression in iron deficiency

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 420-426

  Sanchez, Mayka ^a,b,c   Galy, Bruno ^b   Muckenthaler, Martina U ^a,b,c   Hentze, Matthias W ^a,b  

^a Molecular Medicine Partnership Unit   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 2ALPHA; IRON; IRON REGULATORY FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; COMPUTER MODEL; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA TRANSLATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; IRON; IRON METABOLISM DISORDERS; IRON-REGULATORY PROTEINS; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 34247628002     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb1222     Document Type: Article

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