Identification of system y+L as the high-affinity transporter for L- arginine in human platelets: Up-regulation of L-arginine influx in uraemia

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 438, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 573-575

  Mendes Ribeiro, A C ^a,d   Brunini, T M C ^a   Yaqoob, M ^b   Aronson, J K ^c   Mann, G E ^d   Ellory, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amino acid transport; Chronic renal failure; L Arginine; Nitric oxide; Platelets; System y+L; Uraemia

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; CARRIER PROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; LEUCINE; LYSINE; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MICHAELIS CONSTANT; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE KINETICS; TRANSPORT KINETICS; UREMIA;

EID: 0032866034     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004249900098     Document Type: Article

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