Functional and physiological role of vitamin C transporters

Current Topics in Membranes

Volumn 70, Issue , 2012, Pages 357-375

  Bürzle, Marc ^a   Hediger, Matthias A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; Nucleobase; Oxidative stress; Scurvy; SLC2; SLC23; SVCT1; SVCT2; Transporter; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870179553     PISSN: 10635823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-394316-3.00011-9     Document Type: Chapter

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