Evidence for a low-affinity, high-capacity uniport for amino acids in Bombyx mori larval midgut

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 274, Issue 5 43-5, 1998, Pages

  Leonardi, M G ^a   Casartelli, M ^a   Parenti, P ^a   Giordana, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Neutral amino acid uniporter; Regional distribution; Specificity

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL KINETICS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; LARVA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILKWORM;

EID: 0031833022     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1998.274.5.r1372     Document Type: Article

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