Description and Analysis of Switchlike R
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Stig W. Omholt; Xiang Kefang; Øivind Andersen; Erik Plahte
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Article
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1998
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Elsevier Science
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English
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The post-transcriptional regulation of factors involved in the maintenance of cellular iron homeostasis is exerted by iron regulatory proteins (IRPs), which bind to mRNA structures known as iron regulatory elements (IREs). The IRP-IRE interactions are regulated by the intracellular iron level by aff