| Автор | Nichol, Helen |
| Автор | Law, John H. |
| Автор | Winzerling, Joy J. |
| Дата выпуска | 2002 |
| dc.description | ▪ Abstract Like other organisms, insects must balance two properties of ionic iron, that of an essential nutrient and a potent toxin. Iron must be acquired to provide catalysis for oxidative metabolism, but it must be controlled to avoid destructive oxidative reactions. Insects have evolved distinctive forms of the serum iron transport protein, transferrin, and the storage protein, ferritin. These proteins may serve different functions in insects than they do in other organisms. A form of translational control of protein synthesis by iron in insects is similar to that of vertebrates. The Drosophila melanogaster genome contains many genes that may encode other proteins involved in iron metabolism. |
| Формат | application.pdf |
| Издатель | Annual Reviews |
| Копирайт | Annual Reviews |
| Название | IRON METABOLISM IN INSECTS |
| DOI | 10.1146/annurev.ento.47.091201.145237 |
| Print ISSN | 0066-4170 |
| Журнал | Annual Review of Entomology |
| Том | 47 |
| Первая страница | 535 |
| Последняя страница | 559 |
| Аффилиация | Nichol, Helen; Department of Nutritional Science, University of Arizona, Shantz 309, P.O. Box 210038, Tucson, Arizona 85721-0038; e-mail: nicholsask@yahoo.com jwinzerl@ag.arizona.edu |
