Concept information
Preferred term
Ferritins
Type
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Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
Entry terms
- Ferritin
Scope note
- 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.
History note
- 2007 (1966); for ISOFERRITIN use FERRITIN (NM) 1972-2006
In other languages
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Finnish
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ferrit
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ferritiinit
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D005293
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