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Definition of Ferritin

1. Noun. A protein containing 20% iron that is found in the intestines and liver and spleen; it is one of the chief forms in which iron is stored in the body.

Definition of Ferritin

1. Noun. (protein) Any of a family of iron-carrying globular protein complexes consisting of 24 protein subunits. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ferritin

1. a protein that contains iron [n -S]

Medical Definition of Ferritin

1. An iron storage protein of mammals, found in liver, spleen and bone marrow. Morphologically a shell of apoferritin protein with a core of ferrous hydroxide or phosphate. It is much used as an electron dense label in electron microscopy. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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Literary usage of Ferritin

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1. Mineral Requirements for Military Personnel: Levels Needed for Cognitive and by Food and Nutrition Board, Committee on Military Nutrition Research, National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) (2006)
"In an adult, each I |Jg/L of serum ferritin indicates the presence of approximately 8 mg of storage iron (Bothwell et al., 1979). Based on NHANES III, ..."

2. Biotechnology: Plant Nutrition: A Bibliography, January 1988-April 1993 by Janet Saunders (1994)
"In order to investigate this induction at the ferritin mRNA level, various ferritin cDNA clones were isolated from a cDNA library prepared from poly(A) + ..."

3. Nutrient Composition of Rations for Short-term, High-intensity Combat Operations by Fnb, Institute of Medicine (U. S.), High-stress Situations, Committee on Military Nutrition Research, National Academy of Sciences (2005)
"A study of Australian soldiers consuming combat rations during operations in Australia (Booth et al., 2003) found serum ferritin levels declining by 13 ..."

4. Mineral Tolerance of Animals by National Research Council (U. S.) (2005)
"The cellular regulation of iron is dependent on the effect of iron, or iron lack, in stimulating the synthesis of ferritin or of transferrin receptors, ..."

5. Reviews in Environmental Health (1998): Toxicological Defense Mechanics edited by Gary E. R. Hook, George W. Lucier (2000)
"Cadmium binds to liver ferritin, which is also present in the intestinal mucosa and involved in the mucosa! uptake and transfer of iron. ..."

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