Non-erythroid Rh glycoproteins: A putative new family of mammalian ammonium transporters

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 447, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 807-812

  Nakhoul, Nazih L ^a   Hamm, L Lee ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonium transport; NH3; NH4+; RhAG; Rhbg; Rhcg

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; GLYCOPROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RHESUS GLYCOPROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ERYTHROCYTE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; ION TRANSPORT; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; RH-HR BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM;

EID: 1242295145     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00424-003-1142-8     Document Type: Review

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