Abstract
All organisms require iron for respiration and oxygen transport, thus elaborate systems for uptake and distribution of iron are found throughout the kingdoms of life
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Humans
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Iron / metabolism*
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Mammals
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Models, Biological
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Oxygen / metabolism*
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Receptors, Transferrin / genetics
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Receptors, Transferrin / metabolism
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Receptors, Transferrin / physiology*
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Transferrin / metabolism
Substances
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Receptors, Transferrin
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Transferrin
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Iron
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Oxygen