TY - BOOK AU - Crichton,Robert R. TI - Iron metabolism: from molecular mechanisms to clinical consequences SN - 0470010282 PY - 2009/// CY - Chichester, UK PB - John Wiley & Sons KW - Iron KW - Metabolism KW - Iron proteins KW - Disorders KW - metabolism KW - Cells KW - physiology KW - Metabolic Diseases KW - physiopathology KW - Metalloproteins N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Solution chemistry of iron in biological media -- The importance of iron for biological systems -- Microbial iron transport and metabolism -- Iron uptake by plants and fungi -- Cellular iron uptake and export in mammals -- Intracellular iron storage and biomineralization -- Intracellular iron metabolism and cellular iron homeostasis -- Iron absorption in mammals, with particular reference to man, and regulation of systemic iron balance -- Pathophysiology of iron deficency and iron overload in man -- Iron and oxidative stress -- Brain iron homeostasis and its perturbation in various neurodegenerative diseases -- Interactions between iron and other metals UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0903/2008042470-d.html ER -