A family of mammalian Na+-dependent L-ascorbic acid transporters

Nature

Volumn 399, Issue 6731, 1999, Pages 70-75

  Tsukaguchi, Hiroyasu ^a   Tokui, Taro ^a,d   Mackenzle, Bryan ^a   Berger, Urs V ^a   Chen, Xing Zhen ^a   Wang, Yangxi ^a   Brubaker, Richard F ^c   Hediger, Matthias A ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d DAIICHI SANKYO CO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; MEMBRANE CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ASCORBIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGANIC ANION TRANSPORTERS, SODIUM-DEPENDENT; PROTEINS; RABBITS; RATS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SODIUM; SYMPORTERS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; XENOPUS;

EID: 0033529002     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/19986     Document Type: Article

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