Diversity of Fe2+ entry and oxidation in ferritins

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 37, Issue , 2017, Pages 122-128

  Bradley, Justin M ^a   Moore, Geoffrey R ^a   Le Brun, Nick E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERULOPLASMIN; FERRITIN; IRON; OXYGEN;

CATALYST; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; REDUCTION (CHEMISTRY); REVIEW; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION;

ANIMALS; CERULOPLASMIN; FERRITINS; HUMANS; IRON; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN;

EID: 85015052873     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: 18790402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2017.02.027     Document Type: Review

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