Identification of an intestinal heme transporter.
Dietary heme iron is an important nutritional source of iron in carnivores and omnivores that is more readily absorbed than non-heme iron derived from vegetables and grain. Most heme is absorbed in the proximal intestine, with absorptive capacity decreasing distally. We utilized a subtractive hybrid...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2005
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