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A Greek god explains anemic mice

A protein named after the Greek god Hephaestus is required to move iron from the gut into the blood.

References:

Vulpe, C.D., et al. 1999. Hephaestin, a ceruloplasmin homologue implicated in intestinal iron transport, is defective in the sla mouse. Nature Genetics 21(February):195.

Further Readings:

Fackelmann, K.A. 1997. Rusty organs. Science News 151(Jan. 18):46.

Travis, J. 1997. A protein that helps the body pump iron. Science News 152(Aug. 2):68.

Sources:

Christopher D. Vulpe
University of California, Berkeley
Department of Nutrition and Toxicology
Berkeley, CA 94720

From Science News, Vol. 155, No. 15, April 10, 1999, p. 239. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.


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