Involvement of AAT transporters in methylmercury toxicity in Caenorhabditis elegans

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 435, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 546-550

  Caito, Samuel W ^a   Zhang, Yaofang ^b   Aschner, Michael ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

L type large neutral amino acid transporter; Methylmercury; Molecular mimicry

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 1; AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 2; AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 3; L TYPE LARGE NEUTRAL AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; METHIONINE; METHYLMERCURY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SILENCING; LD 50; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; SURVIVAL RATE;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MAMMALIA; NEMATODA;

EID: 84878992118     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2013.04.090     Document Type: Article

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