Iron Transport and Storage, Hardcover by Ponka, Prem; Schulman, Herbert M.; Woodworth, Robert C., ISBN 0849366771, ISBN-13 9780849366772, Brand New, Free shipping in the US

Reviews and summarizes recent developments in the understanding of iron transport and storage in living systems, including an overview of the evolutionary aspects of iron metabolism and bacterial iron transport, as well as a detailed discussion of molecules with specific roles in iron metabolism in higher organisms. Presents relationships between intracellular iron metabolism and cell proliferation, and addresses the comparative aspects of iron transport and storage in different tissues. For hematologists, physical and biological chemists, cell and molecular biologists, physiologists, and clinicians with an interest in the biology and metabolism of iron. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.