Folate and thiamine transporters mediated by facilitative carriers (SLC19A1-3 and SLC46A1) and folate receptors

Molecular Aspects of Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 2-3, 2013, Pages 373-385

  Zhao, Rongbao ^a   Goldman, I David ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Folate; Folate receptor; Hereditary folate malabsorption; SCL19A1; SCL46A1; SLC19A2; SLC19A3; Thiamine; Thiamine responsive megaloblastic anemia

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BIOTIN; DEACETYLVINBLASTINE; DRUG CARRIER; FOLATE RECEPTOR 1; FOLATE RECEPTOR 2; FOLIC ACID; FOLINIC ACID; METHOTREXATE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITOR; PROTON COUPLED FOLATE TRANSPORTER; REDUCED FOLATE CARRIER; SODIUM PROTON EXCHANGE PROTEIN 2; SODIUM PROTON EXCHANGE PROTEIN 3; THIAMINE;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYNDROME; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GENE; GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC REGULATION; HEREDITARY FOLATE MALABSORPTION; HUMAN; MEGALOBLASTIC ANEMIA; NONHUMAN; OVARY CANCER; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SLC19A1 GENE; SLC19A2 GENE; SLC19A3 GENE; SLC46A1 GENE; TUMOR CELL;

ENDOCYTOSIS; EPITHELIUM; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID TRANSPORTERS; HUMANS; INTESTINE, SMALL; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICROVILLI; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; PROTON-COUPLED FOLATE TRANSPORTER; REDUCED FOLATE CARRIER PROTEIN; THIAMINE;

EID: 84875206514     PISSN: 00982997     EISSN: 18729452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mam.2012.07.006     Document Type: Review

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