A structural comparison of human serum transferrin and human lactoferrin

BioMetals

Volumn 20, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 249-262

  Wally, Jeremy ^a   Buchanan, Susan K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial transferrin receptor; Human transferrin receptor; Iron transport; Lactoferrin; Transferrin

Indexed keywords

IRON; LACTOFERRIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TRANSFERRIN;

BLOOD; BODY FLUID; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; IRON TRANSPORT; PH; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DISULFIDES; HUMANS; IRON; LACTOFERRIN; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSFERRIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 34248641665     PISSN: 09660844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10534-006-9062-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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