Ferritin, cellular iron storage and regulation

IUBMB Life

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 414-422

  Arosio, Paolo ^a   Elia, Leonardo ^a,b   Poli, Maura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

Author keywords

ferritin; iron metabolism; iron storage

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEME; IRON; CERULOPLASMIN; IRON REGULATORY PROTEIN 1; ISOPROTEIN; TFRC PROTEIN, MOUSE; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

CELLULAR IRON REGULATION; EUKARYOTE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IRON STORAGE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PROKARYOTIC CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CERULOPLASMIN; FERRITINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEME; HOMEOSTASIS; IRON; IRON REGULATORY PROTEIN 1; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROKARYOTIC CELLS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 85017401907     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: 15216551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iub.1621     Document Type: Review

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