Structural and functional studies on the stalk of the transferrin receptor

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 381, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 712-716

  Dukovski, Danijela ^a,b   Li, Zongli ^a,b   Kelly, Deborah F ^a   Mack, Eric ^c   Walz, Thomas ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Iron release; Receptor stalk; Single particle electron microscopy; Transferrin; Transferrin receptor

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; FERRIC ION; IRON BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMBRYO; ENDOCYTOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; IRON KINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RECEPTOR BINDING;

CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IRON; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 62649088857     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.02.133     Document Type: Article

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