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Descriptor English:
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Ferritins
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Ferritinas
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Ferritinas
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Tree Number:
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D12.776.157.427.249
D12.776.556.579.249
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Definition English:
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Iron-containing proteins that are widely distributed in animals, plants, and microorganisms. Their major function is to store IRON in a nontoxic bioavailable form. Each ferritin molecule consists of ferric iron in a hollow protein shell (APOFERRITINS) made of 24 subunits of various sequences depending on the species and tissue types. |
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History Note English:
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2007 (1966); for ISOFERRITIN use FERRITIN (NM) 1972-2006
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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5402
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Unique Identifier:
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D005293
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Similar:
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DeCS CID-10 SciELO LILACS LIS
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