Characterization of N 5-methyltetrahydrofolate uptake in cultured human retinal pigment epithelial cells

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1578-1587

  Huang, Wei ^a   Prasad, Puttur D ^a   Kekuda, Ramesh ^a   Leibach, Frederick H ^a   Ganapathy, Vadivel ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Folate receptor; Folate transport; Potocytosis; Reduced folate transporter; Retinal pigment epithelium

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID; 5-METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLATE; CARRIER PROTEIN; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; FOLATE BINDING PROTEIN; FOLATE-BINDING PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; REDUCED FOLATE CARRIER; SLC19A2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ANION TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TRANSPORT; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; ISOTOPE LABELING; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MICHAELIS CONSTANT; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSPORT KINETICS; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM;

CARRIER PROTEINS; CELLS, CULTURED; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; TETRAHYDROFOLATES;

EID: 0030610814     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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