Taurine transport systems in the ciliate protozoan Tetrahymena pyriformis

Amino Acids

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 57-75

  Kramhoft B ^a,b   Lambert, I H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b CARLSBERG LABORATORY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

1,9 Dideoxyforskolin; Amino acids; Arachidonic acid; DIDS; Indachrinone; Taurine channels

Indexed keywords

1,9 DIDEOXYFORSKOLIN; 4,4' DIISOTHIOCYANATOSTILBENE 2,2' DISULFONIC ACID; INDACRINONE; TAURINE;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS;

CILIOPHORA; MAMMALIA; PROTOZOA; TETRAHYMENA; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031027217     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01373427     Document Type: Article

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