Iron Use and Storage in the Body:
Ferritin and Molecular Representations

Iron in Biology: Study of the Iron Content in Ferritin, The Iron-Storage Protein.

Authors: Rachel Casiday and Regina Frey
Department of Chemistry, Washington University
St. Louis, MO 63130

Experiment #6: Iron Content in Ferritin, the Iron Storage Protein Lab

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Introduction

Importance of Iron in the Body

Iron-storage Protein and Control of the Amount of Iron in the Body

Graphical Molecular Representations

Structure of Ferritin

Removal of Fe from Ferritin
- Crystal-lattice Mineral Structure
- Channels

Summary
Additional Links
Practice Problems
Assignment Sheet

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Iron Use and Storage in the Body: Ferritin and Molecular Representations

Iron in Biology: Study of the Iron Content in Ferritin, The Iron-Storage Protein.

Authors: Rachel Casiday and Regina Frey Department of Chemistry, Washington University St. Louis, MO 63130

Iron Use and Storage in the Body:
Ferritin and Molecular Representations

Authors: Rachel Casiday and Regina Frey
Department of Chemistry, Washington University
St. Louis, MO 63130