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Iron-Regulatory Proteins
Medical Definition: | Proteins that regulate cellular and organismal iron homeostasis. They play an important biological role by maintaining iron levels that are adequate for metabolic need, but below the toxicity theshold. |
Also Called: | Iron-Responsive Element Binding Proteins |
Previously Indexed: | Carrier Proteins (1990),Iron-Sulfur Proteins (1991-2002),Ribonucleoproteins (1992-2002) |
Iron-Regulatory Proteins Medical Definitions and Terms
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