Exploring frataxin function

IUBMB Life

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 56-63

  Busi, Maria V ^a,b   Gomez Casati, Diego F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOTECNOLÓGICAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

frataxin; iron homeostasis; mitochondria; respiration

Indexed keywords

FRATAXIN; HEME; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN;

HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; IRON METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; HEME; HUMANS; IRON; IRON-BINDING PROTEINS; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 84855442193     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: 15216551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iub.577     Document Type: Review

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