HIF-1 regulates iron homeostasis in Caenorhabditis elegans by activation and inhibition of genes involved in iron uptake and storage.

Caenorhabditis elegans ftn-1 and ftn-2, which encode the iron-storage protein ferritin, are transcriptionally inhibited during iron deficiency in intestine. Intestinal specific transcription is dependent on binding of ELT-2 to GATA binding sites in an iron-dependent enhancer (IDE) located in ftn-1 a...

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Main Authors: Steven Joshua Romney, Ben S Newman, Colin Thacker, Elizabeth A Leibold
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-12-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3240588?pdf=render