Molecular control of vertebrate iron homeostasis by iron regulatory proteins

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research - Tập 1763 Số 7 - Trang 668-689 - 2006
Michelle L. Wallander1,2, Elizabeth A. Leibold3,1,2, Richard S. Eisenstein4
1Department of Oncological Sciences, University of Utah, 15N. 2030E., Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
2Eccles Program in Human Molecular Biology and Genetics, University of Utah, 15N. 2030E., Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
3Department of Medicine, University of Utah, 15N. 2030E., Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
4Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Wisconsin, 1415 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706, USA

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