Physiology, Metallurgy, Endocrinology & Metabolism, Biology - Molecular Biology, Biochemistry - General & Miscellaneous, Chemical Elements
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This text analyzes the molecular mechanisms, chemical behaviour and regulation of iron transport in biological systems and offers novel methods for the assessment of iron transport across biological membranes. It details the characteristics and consequences of iron deficiency and excess to prevent diseases affecting major organ structures and promote bodily iron homeostasis.
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Researchers from medical sciences, chemistry, pharmacology, and related disciplines summarize the current understanding of how living organisms move the essential element to where it is needed in the body—a difficult chore because it of its low solubility and its vulnerability to oxidation and hydrolysis in the environment. New insight has been gained over the past several years from the study of iron transport in bacteria and yeast and in natural and genetically engineered animal models, and the identification and investigation of the gene mutated in human hereditary hemochromatosis. In addition to molecular and cellular aspects of iron transport, they consider its physiology and disorders related to it. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)Book Details
Published
January 23, 2002
Publisher
CRC Press
Pages
848
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780824706210