Inorganic biochemistry of iron metabolism / Robert R. Crichton.
By: Crichton, Robert R [author.].
Material type: BookSeries: Ellis Horwood series in inorganic chemistry: Publisher: New York : E. Horwood, 1991Copyright date: ©1991Description: 263 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0137287429 (hardback); 9780137287420 (hardback).Subject(s): Iron -- Metabolism | Iron proteins | Iron -- Metabolism -- Disorders | Cell metabolism | Metabolism -- DisordersDDC classification: 572.5174Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 572.5174 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00012104 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Concentrates on the importance of iron in biology, emphasizing the need for well-defined amounts of iron for the survival, replication and differentiation of the cells of animals, plants and almost all micro-organisms.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-258) and index.
Solution chemistry of iron in biological media -- The importance of iron for biological systems -- Microbial iron uptake and intracellular release -- Iron assimilation in plants and fungi -- Iron absorption in mammals with special reference to man -- Chemistry and biology of the transferrins -- The transferrin receptor, the transferrin-to-cell cycle and intracellular iron release -- Intracellular iron storage - ferritin, haemosiderin and the low molecular weight iron pool -- Iron homeostasis and cellular iron release -- Iron deficiency and iron overload in man -- Iron and oxidative damage -- Iron and infection -- Concluding remarks.