Chemicals and Drugs

Iron-Regulatory Proteins

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 threshold.

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Abstract

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 threshold.

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Synonyms

17 entry terms
  • Iron Regulatory Factor
  • Iron Response Protein
  • Iron-Regulatory Protein
  • Iron-Response Proteins
  • Iron Regulatory Protein
  • Iron Regulatory Proteins
  • Iron Response Proteins
  • Protein, Iron Response
  • Regulatory Factor, Iron
  • Response Protein, Iron
  • IRE-BP
  • IRE-Binding Protein
  • Iron-Responsive Element Binding Proteins
  • Iron-Responsive Elements-Binding Protein
  • IRE Binding Protein
  • Iron Responsive Element Binding Proteins
  • Iron Responsive Elements Binding Protein

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30 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, deficiency, drug effects, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, ultrastructure, urine.

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History Note

2003; use IRON-REGULATORY PROTEINS (NM) 1990-2002

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Previous Indexing

  • Carrier Proteins (1990)
  • Iron-Sulfur Proteins (1991-2002)
  • Ribonucleoproteins (1992-2002)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Iron-Regulatory Proteins. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D035925. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D035925
  2. Iron-Regulatory Proteins. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron-responsive_element-binding_protein
  3. Iron-Regulatory Proteins. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3408230