Transferrin-bound iron uptake by the cultured cerebellar granule cells

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 251, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 9-12

  Ming Qian, Zhong ^a   Mei Pu, Yong ^a   Lai Tang, Pak ^a   Wang, Qin ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cerebellar granule cell; Transferrin; Transferrin receptor; Transferrin receptor mediated endocytosis; Transferrin bound iron uptake

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; IODINE 125; IRON; IRON 59; METHYLAMMONIUM; TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; TRYPSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENDOSOME; GRANULE CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IRON TRANSPORT; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBELLUM; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; IRON; IRON RADIOISOTOPES; KINETICS; NEURONS; PROTEIN BINDING; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 0032540999     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00486-8     Document Type: Article

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