title: Pumping iron.
abstract: The primary role of the ZIP13 metal transporter in flies is to move iron ions out of cells, rather than moving zinc ions into cells, as is the case in human cells.
authors.affiliation: Caroline C Philpott is in the National Institutes of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States.
authors.forename: Caroline C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Philpott
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D027682:Cation Transport Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D029721:Drosophila Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000378:metabolism*; D004535:Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D055571:Secretory Pathway / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D027682:Cation Transport Proteins; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; C521172:SLC39A13 protein, human
keywords: Drosophila; Ehlers-Danlos syndrome; Slc39a13; iron transporter; metal transport; secretory compartments