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Browsing by Subject "H-subunit"
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Koorts, Alida Maria; Levay, Peter Ferenc; Hall, Alan Norman; Van der Merwe, Christiaan Frederick; Becker, Piet J.; Frantzen, Doron Johan Manuel; Viljoen, Margaretha
(Sage, 2012)
Osteoarthritis is a disease characterized by an increase in the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in afflicted joints. Excess iron, due to its role in the production of ROS and crystal deposition in the joints, ...
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Koorts, Alida Maria; Levay, Peter Ferenc; Hall, Alan N.; Van der Merwe, Christiaan F.; Becker, Piet J.; Viljoen, Margaretha
(Elsevier, 2011-05)
BACKGROUND: The expression of the two types of ferritin subunits, the H-subunit and L-subunit, has been shown to be differentially regulated by cytokines. The primary aim of the present study was to quantitatively measure ...
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Koorts, Alida Maria
(University of Pretoria, 2009)
Ferritin is the major protein responsible for the sequestration, storage and release of intracellular iron. The ferritin protein shell exists as heteropolymers of various combinations of two types of subunits, the H-subunit ...
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Koorts, Alida Maria; Viljoen, Margaretha; Dannheimer, Sigi
(Taylor & Francis, 2007-02)
Ferritin is the intracellular protein responsible for the sequestration, storage and release of iron. Ferritin can accumulate up to 4500 iron atoms as a ferrihydrite mineral in a protein shell and releases these iron atoms ...