Vitamin B 12 transport from food to the body's cells - A sophisticated, multistep pathway

Nature Reviews Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 345-354

  Nielsen, Marianne J ^a   Rasmussen, Mie R ^a   Andersen, Christian B F ^a   Nexø, Ebba ^b   Moestrup, Søren K ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMN PROTEIN; COBALAMIN D PROTEIN; COBALAMIN E PROTEIN; CUBILIN; CYANOCOBALAMIN; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; HAPTOCORRIN; INTRINSIC FACTOR; LMBD1 PROTEIN; MEGALIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE PROTEIN 1; PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT INTRINSIC FACTOR B12; TRANSCOBALAMIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMN GENE; BASOLATERAL MEMBRANE; CD320 GENE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CUBN GENE; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENDOCYTOSIS; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; GENE; HUMAN; INBORN ERROR OF METABOLISM; INTERNALIZATION; KIDNEY TUBULE ABSORPTION; LYSOSOME; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MISSENSE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PERNICIOUS ANEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEINURIA; REVIEW; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; VITAMIN B12 TRANSPORT; CYTOLOGY; FOOD; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; FOOD; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84861990089     PISSN: 17595045     EISSN: 17595053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrgastro.2012.76     Document Type: Review

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