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Iron-Regulatory Proteins MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Iron-Regulatory Proteins
Tree Number(s)
D12.776.494
Unique ID
D035925
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D035925
Scope Note
Proteins that regulate cellular and organismal iron homeostasis. They play an important biological role by maintaining iron levels that are adequate for metabolic need, but below the toxicity threshold.
Entry Term(s)
IRE-BP
IRE-Binding Protein
Iron Regulatory Factor
Iron Response Protein
Iron-Regulatory Protein
Iron-Response Proteins
Iron-Responsive Element Binding Proteins
Iron-Responsive Elements-Binding Protein
Registry Numbers
0
Previous Indexing
Carrier Proteins (1990)
Iron-Sulfur Proteins (1991-2002)
Ribonucleoproteins (1992-2002)
Public MeSH Note
2003; IRON REGULATORY FACTOR now IRON-REGULATORY PROTEINS was indexed under RNA-BINDING PROTEINS & IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS 1991-2002, CARRIER PROTEINS 1990
History Note
2003; use IRON-REGULATORY PROTEINS (NM) 1990-2002
Date Established
2003/01/01
Date of Entry
2002/07/03
Revision Date
2021/06/30
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