High affinity carnitine transporters from OCTN family in neural cells

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 743-748

  Januszewicz, Elzbieta ^a   Bekisz, Marek ^a   Mozrzymas, Jerzy W ^b   Nałecz, Katarzyna A ^a  

^a NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

^b WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Carnitine; Cerebral cortex; Neuroblastoma; Neurons; OCTN transporters

Indexed keywords

CARNITINE; ORGANIC CATION TRANSPORTER; ORGANIC CATION TRANSPORTER 2; ORGANIC CATION TRANSPORTER 3;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUCKLING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CARNITINE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; MICE; NEUROBLASTOMA; NEURONS; ORGANIC CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

RATTUS;

EID: 77953292237     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11064-010-0131-5     Document Type: Article

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