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Pilot Studies Of Two Possible Iron Uptake Mechanisms In Insect Cells, Michelle Coca
Pilot Studies Of Two Possible Iron Uptake Mechanisms In Insect Cells, Michelle Coca
Kansas State University Undergraduate Research Conference
Pilot Studies of Two Possible Iron Uptake Mechanisms in Insect Cells
Michelle E. Coca, Diana G. Najera, and Dr. Maureen J. Gorman
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
College of Arts and Sciences
Iron plays an important role in energy metabolism and other essential physiological processes; however, because iron can also be toxic, its uptake by cells must be strictly regulated. In humans, there is a well-understood pathway of iron uptake and multiple poorly understood pathways. How iron is transported into insect cells is unknown. The goal of this study was to test two models of iron uptake by cultured …