Restoration of high-level transport activity by human reduced folate carrier/ThTr1 thiamine transporter chimaeras: Role of the transmembrane domain 6/7 linker region in reduced folate carrier function

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 369, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 31-37

  Liu, Xiang Y ^a   Witt, Teah L ^a   Matherly, Larry H ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Methotrexate; Mutagenesis; Thiamine transporter

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CELLS;

SPATIAL ORIENTATION;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

CARRIER PROTEIN; FOLINIC ACID; LINK PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; METHOTREXATE; REDUCED FOLATE CARRIER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; DNA PRIMERS; HUMANS; KINETICS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE DELETION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

CHIMAERIFORMES; RODENTIA;

EID: 0346037185     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20020419     Document Type: Article

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