The power plant of the cell is also a smithy: The emerging role of mitochondria in cellular iron homeostasis

Annals of Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 82-99

  Sheftel, Alex D ^a   Lill, Roland ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anemia; Ataxia; Hemochromatosis; Iron; Iron sulfur cluster; Mitochondria; Porphyria; Sideroblast

Indexed keywords

HEMOPROTEIN; IRON; IRON REGULATORY FACTOR; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN;

BIOGENESIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IRON KINETICS; IRON STORAGE; IRON TRANSPORT; MAMMAL; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIDEROBLASTIC ANEMIA; YEAST;

ANEMIA, SIDEROBLASTIC; ANIMALS; FERRITINS; HEME; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 61349203895     PISSN: 07853890     EISSN: 16512219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07853890802322229     Document Type: Review

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