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://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23192658 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_iron_metabolism http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18622392 ]
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- transport and has target start location some extracellular region and has target end location some intracellular and has primary input some iron cation