The many faces of the octahedral ferritin protein

BioMetals

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 489-500

  Watt, Richard K ^a  

^a Brigham Young University   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti oxidant; Ferritin; Iron storage; Iron regulation; Pro oxidant

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; FERRITIN; FERRITIN BINDING PROTEIN; IRON; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CELL ACTIVATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENT; DISEASE MARKER; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INFLAMMATION; IRON METABOLISM; IRON STORAGE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

FERRITINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IRON; IRON-BINDING PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE;

EID: 79959990093     PISSN: 09660844     EISSN: 15728773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10534-011-9415-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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