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HIF-1-mediated activation of transferrin receptor gene transcription by iron chelation.
Nucleic acids research - 1 Nov 1999
Bianchi L, Tacchini L, Cairo G
Abstract excerpt
Treatment with iron chelators mimics hypoxic induction of the hypoxia inducible factor (HIF-1) which activates transcription by binding to hypoxia responsive elements (HRE). We investigated whether HIF-1 is involved in transcriptional activation of the transferrin receptor (TfR), a membrane protein which mediates cellular iron uptake, in response to iron deprivation. The transcription rate of the TfR gene in...
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