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. 1986 Aug;27(4):287-93.
doi: 10.1016/0162-0134(86)80068-x.

Ferritin as an iron-storage protein: mechanisms of iron uptake

P M Harrison, A Treffry, T H Lilley

Ferritin as an iron-storage protein: mechanisms of iron uptake

P M Harrison et al. J Inorg Biochem. 1986 Aug.

Abstract

The major physiological role of the ubiquitous protein ferritin is to store iron, which it does as a mineral core within a protein shell. Using evidence from a variety of sources we suggest that this versatile protein responds in its mechanism of iron uptake to changes in environmental conditions.

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