Although some details may be different, many features are likely conserved. Ironically, in a field that has been heavily driven by physiology, in nearly all cases, the biological role of such bacterial and archaeal channels remains a mystery. In addition to the strides made using bacterial and ...
BACKGROUND: Hereditary hemochromatosis is an inherited disorder of iron metabolism that is characterized by excessive iron deposition in major organs of the body. Chronic increased iron absorption leads to multiorgan dysfunction. Since the discovery of the gene responsible for the majority of cases, re...