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Heme oxygenase 1 is required for mammalian iron reutilization.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 30 Sept 1997
Poss K D, Tonegawa S
Abstract excerpt
The majority of iron for essential mammalian biological activities such as erythropoiesis is thought to be reutilized from cellular hemoproteins. Here, we generated mice lacking functional heme oxygenase 1 (Hmox1; EC 1.14.99.3), which catabolizes heme to biliverdin, carbon monoxide, and free iron...
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