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Iron uptake mediated by the plant-derived chelator nicotianamine in the small intestine

Iron is an essential metal for all living organisms that is absorbed in the intestinal cells as a heme-chelated or free form. It is unclear how important plant-derived chelators, such as nicotianamine (NA), an organic small molecule that is ubiquitous in crops, vegetables, and various other foods, c...

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Autores principales: Murata, Yoshiko, Yoshida, Masami, Sakamoto, Naho, Morimoto, Shiho, Watanabe, Takehiro, Namba, Kosuke
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7948497/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33334885
http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.RA120.015861