Molecular mechanisms of vitamin E transport

Annual Review of Nutrition

Volumn 19, Issue , 1999, Pages 343-355

  Traber, Maret G ^a   Arai, Hiroyuki ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ataxia with vitamin E deficiency; RRR tocopherol; Vitamin E; Tocopherol transfer protein; tocopherol

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL;

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL DEFICIENCY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

ATAXIA;

EID: 0032778334     PISSN: 01999885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.nutr.19.1.343     Document Type: Review

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