Heterologous expression, functional characterization and localization of two isoforms of the monkey iron transporter Nramp2

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 349, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 289-297

  Zhang, Li ^a   Lee, Timothy ^a   Wang, Yue ^b   Soong, Tuck W ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Gene cloning; Parkinson's disease; Transferrin independent iron uptake

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; IRON BINDING PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSFERRIN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IRON TRANSPORT; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CALCIUM; CARRIER PROTEINS; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COS CELLS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IRON; IRON-BINDING PROTEINS; MACACA; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARKINSON DISEASE; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSFECTION; TRANSFERRIN;

ANIMALIA; PARKINSONIA;

EID: 0034234819     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/0264-6021:3490289     Document Type: Article

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