Transport of aminothiol radioprotectors into mammalian cells: Passive diffusion versus mediated uptake

Radiation Research

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 206-215

  Newton, Gerald L ^a   Aguilera, Joseph A ^b   Kim, Tonghyun ^a   Ward, John F ^b   Fahey, Robert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 (3 AMINOPROPYLAMINO)ETHANETHIOL; 3 MERCAPTOPROPIONIC ACID; AMINOTHIOL; BIS[2 (3 AMINOPROPYLAMINO)ETHYL] DISULFIDE; DITHIOTHREITOL; EFLORNITHINE; MERCAPTAMINE; MERCAPTOETHANOL; POLYAMINE; RADIOPROTECTIVE AGENT; SPERMIDINE; SPERMINE; THIOMALIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL TRANSPORT; CHO CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DIFFUSION; DRUG UPTAKE; LUNG FIBROBLAST; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; POLYAMINE METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION PROTECTION;

EID: 0029740580     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3579592     Document Type: Article

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