The multicopper ferroxidase hephaestin enhances intestinal iron absorption in mice.
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Hephaestin is mutated in the sex-linked anemia mouse, resulting in iron deficiency. However, sex-linked anemia mice still retain some hephaestin ferroxidase activity. ...In addition, the similarities of the phenotypes of the whole body and intestine-specific heph …
Hephaestin is mutated in the sex-linked anemia mouse, resulting in iron deficiency. However, sex-linked anemia mice still retain some …