Arsenic and antimony transporters in eukaryotes

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 3527-3548

  Maciaszczyk Dziubinska, Ewa ^a   Wawrzycka, Donata ^a   Wysocki, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

Author keywords

ABC transporters; Acr3 antiporter; Antimony; Aquaglyceroporins; Arsenic; Glucose transporters; Glutathione; Phytochelatin

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; ANTIMONY; ANTIPORTER; AQUAGLYCEROPORIN; AQUAPORIN; ARSENIC; ARSENOUS ACID DERIVATIVE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 1; GLUTATHIONE; METALLOID; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE PROTEIN 1; NODULIN; ORGANIC ANION TRANSPORTER; PHOSPHATE TRANSPORTER; PHYTOCHELATIN; PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE; ACR3 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; CARRIER PROTEIN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL VACUOLE; CHELATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; DETOXIFICATION; DOWN REGULATION; EUKARYOTE; HUMAN; HYPEROSMOTIC STRESS; NONHUMAN; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; ANIMAL; ARABIDOPSIS; LEISHMANIA; METABOLISM; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ZEBRA FISH;

EUKARYOTA; FILICOPHYTA; MAMMALIA; PROKARYOTA; PROTOZOA;

ANIMALS; ANTIMONY; AQUAGLYCEROPORINS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARSENIC; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; GLUTATHIONE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MONOSACCHARIDE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PHYTOCHELATINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84858979483     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms13033527     Document Type: Review

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