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Selective binding of RGMc/hemojuvelin, a key protein in systemic iron metabolism, to BMP-2 and neogenin.
American journal of physiology. Cell physiology - 1 Apr 2008
Kuns-Hashimoto Robin, Kuninger David, Nili Mahta, Rotwein Peter
Abstract excerpt
Juvenile hemochromatosis is a severe and rapidly progressing hereditary disorder of iron overload, and it is caused primarily by defects in the gene encoding repulsive guidance molecule c/hemojuvelin (RGMc/HJV), a recently identified protein that undergoes a complicated biosynthetic pathway in mu...
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