Riboflavin transporter is finally identified

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 341-343

  Moriyama, Yoshinori ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Absorption; Energy drink; Intestine; Riboflavin; Transporter

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; PROTEIN RFT1; PROTEIN RFT2; PROTEIN RFT3; RIBOFLAVIN; RIBOFLAVIN TRANSPORTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

COLON; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SMALL INTESTINE; SMALL INTESTINE ABSORPTION;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; RIBOFLAVIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RATTUS;

EID: 80053491974     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: 17562651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvr095     Document Type: Review

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