A note on the composition and properties of ferritin iron cores.
In ferritins and bacterioferritins iron is stored as an inorganic complex within a protein shell. The composition and properties of this complex are surprisingly variable. Factors that may lead to such variability are discussed.
Treffry
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Department of Biochemistry, The University, Sheffield, U.K.
Harrison
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Cleton
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de Bruijn
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Mann
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D000818:Animals; D004577:Electron Probe Microanalysis; D005293:Ferritins; D006801:Humans; D007501:Iron; D010710:Phosphates; D013057:Spectrum Analysis
D010710:Phosphates; D005293:Ferritins; D007501:Iron