The directed movement of iron ions from outside of a cell into the cytoplasmic compartment. This may occur via transport across the plasma membrane or via endocytosis. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_iron_metabolism http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23192658 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18622392 ]

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Term information

creation date

2009-05-01T04:19:14Z

has alternative id

GO:0070627

has narrow synonym

ferrous iron uptake

ferrous iron import

ferrous ion import

has obo namespace

biological_process

has related synonym

iron assimilation

id

GO:0033212