The Nramp family
By: [edited by] Mathieu Cellier, Philippe Gros.
Contributors: Cellier, Mathieu.; Gros, Philippe.
Series: Molecular biology intelligence unit; Molecular biology intelligence unit (Unnumbered)
Publisher: Landes Bioscience/Eurekah.com; Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Georgetown, Tex; New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
Subjects: Cation Transport Proteins -- genetics; Cation Transport Proteins -- immunology; Genetic Predisposition to Disease; Iron-Binding Proteins -- genetics; Iron-Binding Proteins -- immunology; Models, Animal; Polymorphism, Genetic
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Mouse natural resistance associated macrophage protein 1 (Nramp 1): a key player in host innate immunity against infections.; title: Genetic susceptibility to infectious diseases linked to NRAMP1 gene in farm animals.; title: The NRAMP genes and human susceptibility to common diseases.; title: Pleiotropic effects of Nramp (Bcg/Lsh/Ity) gene expression on macrophage functions.; title: Role of Nramp family in pro-inflammatory diseases.; title: Role of Nramp2 (DMT1) in iron homeostatis.; title: Molecular physiology of the H+-coupled iron transporter DMT1.; title: Cellular and tissue expression of rat DMT1/Nramp 2.; title: Tissue distribution and subcellular localization of Nramp proteins.; title: Plant metal transporters with homology to proteins of the NRAMP family.; title: The role of yeast Nramp metal transporters in manganese and iron homeostatis.; title: Metal-ion transporters: from yeast to human diseases.; title: Regulation of bacterial MntH genes.; title: Manganese and iron transport by prokaryotic Nramp family transporters.; title: Role of the Nramp orthologue, MntH, in the virulence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.; title: Molecular evolutionary analysis of the Nramp family.