transferrin

IPA: trˈænsfɝˈin

(biochemistry) A glycoprotein, a beta globulin, in blood serum that combines with and transports iron.

Examples of "transferrin" in Sentences

At the low endosomal pH, the affinity between iron and transferrin is weakened dramatically.
He or she should check your iron level with a transferrin saturation test or a ferritin test.
The other gauges the saturation rate of a protein called transferrin, which binds to iron and shuttles it through the body.
Native endogenous Irgm1 is scarcely if at all detectable on early and recycling endosomes defined by early and late uptake of fluorochrome-labelled transferrin (
(C) After treatment with 200 U/ml IFNγ for 24 hours, MEFs were incubated with Alexa-Fluor-546-labelled transferrin for 5 minutes (a-c) or pulsed with labelled transferrin for 10 minutes, then chased for 30 minutes (d-f).
In this animal study, injections of the protein, known as transferrin, also protected against potentially fatal iron overload in mice with thalassemia, a type of inherited anemia that affects millions of people worldwide.