No involvement of system N, system y+ and the oligopeptide-H+ transport system in the uptake of methylmercury in rat erythrocytes

Journal of Applied Toxicology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 55-61

  Wu, Guang ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MINAMATA DISEASE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Glutamine; Glycylglycine; Methylmercury; Rat erythrocytes; Uptake

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMINE; GLYCYLGLYCINE; METHYLMERCURY;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; HEATING; MALE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MICHAELIS CONSTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TEMPERATURE;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARRIER PROTEINS; ERYTHROCYTES; GLUTAMINE; GLYCYLGLYCINE; KINETICS; MALE; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SYMPORTERS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0031888117     PISSN: 0260437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1263(199801/02)18:1<55::AID-JAT478>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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