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Significance of the Binding of Iron by Transferrin

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Iron is carried in blood plasma by the protein transferrin, which is able to carry two atoms of iron. The availability of bound iron to immature red blood cells seems to vary according to the way in which the iron is distributed on the molecule of transferrin.

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  1. J. FLETCHER: Watson Smith Research Fellow of Royal College of Physicians, London.

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FLETCHER, J., HUEHNS, E. Significance of the Binding of Iron by Transferrin. Nature 215, 584–586 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/215584a0

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