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Transferrins

Known as: Transferrins [Chemical/Ingredient] 
A group of iron-binding proteins that tightly bind two ferrate ions along with two carbonate ions. They are found in the bodily fluids of vertebrates… 
National Institutes of Health

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In BloodProcess of secretionTF geneTransferrin measurement

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Serotransferrin, humanTransferrin

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Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Production and Characterization of Chimeric Transferrins for the Determination of the Binding Domains for Bacterial Transferrin Receptors (*)
Pathogenic bacteria in the Neisseriaceae and Pasteurellaceae possess outer membrane proteins that specifically bind transferrin… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Two methods for measuring carbohydrate-deficient transferrin in inpatient alcoholics and healthy controls compared.
Carbohydrate-deficient transferrins (CDTs), naturally occurring glycosylated transferrin proteins, are reported to be increased… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Expression of glycosylated and nonglycosylated human transferrin in mammalian cells. Characterization of the recombinant proteins with comparison to three commercially available transferrins.
The coding sequence for human serum transferrin was assembled from restriction fragments derived from a full-length cDNA clone… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Metal-induced conformational changes in transferrins.
Recent studies on iron-loaded transferrins have revealed a conformational change upon binding iron due to a domain closure. It… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Interaction of lactoferrin and transferrins with the outer membrane of Bordetella pertussis.
Bordetella pertussis was able to grow in vitro under conditions where the only iron present was bound to the iron-binding… 
1973
1973
Nature of the iron requirement for Chinese hamster V79 cells in tissue culture medium.
Highly Cited
1969
Highly Cited
1969
The effect of metal attachment to human apotransferrin on its binding to reticulocytes.
Highly Cited
1965
Highly Cited
1965
Species and Geographic Differences in the Transferrin Polymorphism of Macaques
Eleven molecular forms and 34 phenotypes of transferrin have been detected in 372 serums from six macaque species. The tendency… 
Highly Cited
1962
Highly Cited
1962
Haptoglobin and transferrin variation in humans and primates: two new transferrins in Chinese and Japanese populations
1. Haptoglobin and transferrin gene frequencies have been determined for Chinese, Japanese, New York City Negro, Sapelo Negro… 
1959
1959
Serum Transferrins
GENETICALLY controlled variations in the β-globulins of normal human and cattle sera have recently been demonstrated by starch… 
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