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Like iron in the blood of the people: the requirement for heme trafficking in iron metabolism

Heme is an iron-containing porphyrin ring that serves as a prosthetic group in proteins that function in diverse metabolic pathways. Heme is also a major source of bioavailable iron in the human diet. While the synthesis of heme has been well-characterized, the pathways for heme trafficking remain p...

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Autores principales: Korolnek, Tamara, Hamza, Iqbal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4045156/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24926267
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2014.00126