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Identification of a human mutation of DMT1 in a patient with microcytic anemia and iron overload.
Blood - 1 Feb 2005
Mims Martha P, Guan Yongli, Pospisilova Dagmar, Priwitzerova Monika, Indrak Karel, Ponka Prem, Divoky Vladimir, Prchal Josef T
Abstract excerpt
Divalent metal transporter 1 (DMT1) is a transmembrane protein crucial for duodenal iron absorption and erythroid iron transport. DMT1 function has been elucidated largely in studies of the mk mouse and the Belgrade rat, which have an identical single nucleotide mutation of this gene that affects protein processing, stability, and function. These animals exhibit hypochromic microcytic anemia due to impaired...
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