The importance of eukaryotic ferritins in iron handling and cytoprotection

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 472, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-15

  Arosio, Paolo ^a   Carmona, Fernando ^a   Gozzelino, Raffaella ^b   Maccarinelli, Federica ^a   Poli, Maura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b NOVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cytoprotection; Ferritin; Iron metabolism; Oxidative damage

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; IRON; POLYMER; APOFERRITIN; FTH1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; FTL PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIRD; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL PROTECTION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CRYSTALLIZATION; CYTOTOXICITY; DIATOM; ENZYME CHEMISTRY; EUKARYOTE; EUKARYOTIC CELL; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FISH; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INNATE IMMUNITY; INSECT; IRON STORAGE; MAMMAL; MOLLUSC; MOUSE MODEL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN HOMEOSTASIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REACTION ANALYSIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SHELLFISH; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TICK; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WORM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; APOFERRITINS; CYTOPROTECTION; EUKARYOTA; FERRITINS; HUMANS; IRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 84945962756     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: 14708728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20150787     Document Type: Article

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