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Nature Chemical Biology 3, 143 (1 March 2007) | doi:10.1038/nchembio0307-143
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Abstract
Catching vitamin A Dietary vitamin A is stored in the liver and then transported throughout the body by retinol binding protein (RBP). Vitamin A deficiency or loss of RBP function causes multiple pathologies including vision loss, developmental defects and an impaired immune system.
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