Transferrin-Binding Proteins
"Transferrin-Binding Proteins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A class of carrier proteins that bind to TRANSFERRIN. Many strains of pathogenic bacteria utilize transferrin-binding proteins to acquire their supply of iron from serum.
| Descriptor ID |
D033863
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.157.905
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McNamara L, MacPhail AP, Mandishona E, Bloom P, Paterson AC, Rouault TA, Gordeuk VR. Non-transferrin-bound iron and hepatic dysfunction in African dietary iron overload. J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 1999 Feb; 14(2):126-32.