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Hereditary hyperferritinaemia/ cataract syndrome.
Best practice & research. Clinical haematology - 1 Jun 2002
Cazzola Mario
Abstract excerpt
In mammalian cells, cellular iron homeostasis is maintained by the co-ordinated regulation of transferrin receptor and ferritin synthesis that occurs at the translational level. This regulation is mediated by iron-responsive elements (IREs) that are found within the untranslated regions (UTRs) of mRNA and by cytoplasmic mRNA-binding proteins, known as iron regulatory proteins (IRPs). When cellular iron is scarce,...
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