Recently identified molecular aspects of intestinal iron absorption.

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Gene mapping techniques to identify gene mutations in humans and animals with phenotypic abnormalities in iron metabolism are providing important insights into the probable molecular mediators of intestinal iron absorption. Positional gene cloning in humans with hereditary hemochromatosis has identified a mutation in a novel major histocompatibility complex (MHC) gene called HFE that is likely to be involved in...

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