Intracellular β-carotene transport in bovine liver and intestine is not mediated by cytosolic proteins

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1470-1474

  Gugger, Eric T ^a   Erdman Jr , John W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

bovine; intestine; liver; transport; carotene

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; CELL PROTEIN; LIPOSOME;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; INTESTINE MUCOSA; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; LIVER CYTOSOL; LIVER MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; VITAMIN INTAKE;

EID: 0029942558     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/126.5.1470     Document Type: Article

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