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Fleming MD, Trenor CC 3rd, Su MA, Foernzler D, Beier DR, Dietrich WF, Andrews NC
Microcytic anemia mice have a mutation in Nramp2, a candidate iron transporter gene
Nat Gen (Aug) 16:383-386 1997
This paper reports the discovery (in mice) of the protein that transports iron into the body, and which may lead to a better understanding of iron deficiency anemia and hemochromatosis.
The abstract is available from the National Library of Medicine's PubMed site: click here .
A related paper in Nature demonstrating cloning and characterization of the intestinal iron transporter in mammals by Gunshin et al. is also of interest.
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