The proton-coupled folate transporter: Physiological and pharmacological roles

Current Opinion in Pharmacology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 875-880

  Zhao, Rongbao ^a   Goldman, I David ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; BISULFITE; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID ANTAGONIST; MESSENGER RNA; METHOTREXATE; NITRITE; PEMETREXED; PROTON COUPLED FOLATE TRANSPORTER; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BILE SECRETION; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG BINDING; DRUG DESIGN; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENTEROHEPATIC CIRCULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PCFT GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; INTESTINE, SMALL; PROTON-COUPLED FOLATE TRANSPORTER;

EID: 84888198861     PISSN: 14714892     EISSN: 14714973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coph.2013.09.011     Document Type: Review

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