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Glycoprotein that carries iron in the blood
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transferrin
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Transferrins are iron-binding blood plasma glycoproteins that control the level of free iron in biological fluids . Human transferrin is encoded by the TF gene . Transferrin glycoproteins bind iron tightly, but reversibly. Although iron bound to transferrin ...
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n. (context biochemistry English) a glycoprotein, a beta globulin, in blood serum that combines with, and transports iron
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n. a globulin in blood plasma that carries iron [syn: beta globulin , siderophilin ]