System B0,+ and the transport of thiol-S-conjugates of methylmercury

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Volumn 319, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 948-956

  Bridges, Christy C ^a   Zalups, Rudolfs K ^a  

^a MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALANINE; AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; ASPARTIC ACID; CYSTEINE CONJUGATE; CYSTINE; GLUTAMINE; GLUTATHIONE; GLYCINE; HOMOCYSTEINE; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; LYSINE; MERCURY; METHIONINE; METHYLMERCURY; PHENYLALANINE; SERINE; THIOL; THREONINE; VALINE; ARGININE; CYSTEINE; METHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONJUGATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; KIDNEY; KIDNEY PROXIMAL TUBULE; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TARGET CELL; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ANIMAL; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS; ANIMALS; ARGININE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CYSTEINE; FEMALE; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHIONINE; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 33751199386     PISSN: 00223565     EISSN: 15210103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/jpet.106.109371     Document Type: Article

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