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The Multicopper Ferroxidase Hephaestin Enhances Intestinal Iron Absorption in Mice

Hephaestin is a vertebrate multicopper ferroxidase important for the transfer of dietary iron from intestinal cells to the blood. Hephaestin is mutated in the sex-linked anemia mouse, resulting in iron deficiency. However, sex-linked anemia mice still retain some hephaestin ferroxidase activity. The...

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Autores principales: Fuqua, Brie K., Lu, Yan, Darshan, Deepak, Frazer, David M., Wilkins, Sarah J., Wolkow, Natalie, Bell, Austin G., Hsu, JoAnn, Yu, Catherine C., Chen, Huijun, Dunaief, Joshua L., Anderson, Gregory J., Vulpe, Chris D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4045767/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24896847
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0098792