Mercuric Conjugates of Cysteine Are Transported by the Amino Acid Transporter System b0,+: Implications of Molecular Mimicry

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 663-673

  Bridges, Christy C ^a   Bauch, Christian ^b   Verrey, François ^b   Zalups, Rudolfs K ^a  

^a MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; CYSTEINE CONJUGATE; MERCURY; PROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CELL STRAIN; CELL VIABILITY; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; ION TRANSPORT; KIDNEY EPITHELIUM; KIDNEY PROXIMAL TUBULE; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 1542349048     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ASN.0000113553.62380.F5     Document Type: Article

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