ABCG2 membrane transporter in mature human erythrocytes is exclusively homodimer

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 354, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 345-350

  Leimanis, Mara L ^a   Georges, Elias ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

ABCG2; ATP binding cassette; Drug resistance; Erythrocytes; Homodimer; Membrane protein

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER RESISTANCE PROTEIN; DISULFIDE; FUMITREMORGIN C; HOMODIMER; MONOMER; PHEOPHORBIDE; PROTOPORPHYRIN;

ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; DRUG TRANSPORT; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TUMOR CELL;

ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; DIMERIZATION; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; HUMANS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; NEOPLASM PROTEINS;

EID: 33846495649     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.12.219     Document Type: Article

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