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ferritinophagy

ferritinophagy noun: the metabolism of ferritin.

Noun

ferritinophagy (uncountable)

  1. The metabolism of ferritin
    • Alternatively, the turn over of ferritin by the process of ferritinophagy could be modified in the absence of CFTR [45, 46 ].2015 December 29, “Iron Homeostasis and Inflammatory Status in Mice Deficient for the Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Regulator”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of ferritinophagy

From ferritin + -phagy.

Questions about ferritinophagy

What does ferritinophagy mean?
Ferritinophagy means the metabolism of ferritin.
What part of speech is ferritinophagy?
Ferritinophagy is a noun.

Words near ferritinophagy in the dictionary

  1. ferritinaemia
  2. ferritinemia
  3. ferritinemic
  4. ferritinopathies
  5. ferritinopathy
  6. ferritinophagy
  7. ferritins
  8. ferritization
  9. ferritoid
  10. ferritungstite
  11. ferrivorous

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