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Redox control of iron regulatory proteins

Carine FillebeenLady Davis Institute for Medical Research Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital, Montreal , Quebec, Canada
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Kostas PantopoulosDivision of Experimental Medicine Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal , Quebec, Canada
Pages 15-22 | Published online: 19 Jul 2013

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