Elevated iron absorption in the neonatal rat reflects high expression of iron transport genes in the distal alimentary tract

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 293, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Frazer, David M ^a   Wilkins, Sarah J ^a   Anderson, Gregory J ^a,b  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cybrd1; Hamp; Hephaestin; Slc11a2; Slc40a1

Indexed keywords

FERROPORTIN 1; IRON; MESSENGER RNA; RIBONUCLEASE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLON; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DUODENUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; INTESTINE PRESSURE; IRON ABSORPTION; IRON TRANSPORT; NEWBORN PERIOD; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RNA EXTRACTION; SUCKLING; WEANING;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; CARRIER PROTEINS; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; COLON; CYTOCHROME REDUCTASES; DUODENUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; INTESTINES; IRON; IRON RADIOISOTOPES; LIVER; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA; WEANING;

EID: 34548770784     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: 15221547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00579.2006     Document Type: Article

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