The Rh complex exports ammonium from human red blood cells

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 333-340

  Hemker, Mirte B ^a,b   Cheroutre, Goedele ^a,b   Van Zwieten, Rob ^b   Maaskant Van Wijk, Petra A ^a   Roos, Dirk ^b   Loos, Johannes A ^b   Van Der Schoot, C Ellen ^b,c,d   Von Dem Borne, Albert E G Kr ^c  

^a Bloodbank Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d SANQUIN RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Red blood cell; Rh complex; RhAg; Transport

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; CARBON 14; METHYLAMMONIUM; RHESUS ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP RHESUS SYSTEM; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ION TRANSPORT; ISOTOPE LABELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

BENZYLAMINES; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CELLS, CULTURED; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; IRON; METHYLAMINES; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; RH-HR BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; UREA;

EID: 0038486939     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2003.04425.x     Document Type: Article

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