ferritin

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Noun

ferritin noun

Any of a family of iron-carrying globular protein complexes consisting of 24 protein subunits.

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conjugates ferratin transferrin ferritoid bacterioferritin holoferritin ferrihemoprotein ferroprotein ferritinophagy transferritin phytoferritin maxiferritin ferrihemoglobin mitoferrin holotransferrin ferroportin

Associated

hemochromatosis ires sequester ferric heme overload anemia serum mrna hemoglobin biopsy intracellular

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