The SLC38 family of sodium-amino acid co-transporters

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 466, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 155-172

  Bröer, Stefan ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amino acid response element; Diabetes; Endoplasmic reticulum stress; Gluconeogenesis; Intrauterine growth restriction; Metabolic acidosis; Placenta; Stem cells; Transceptor; Transporter structure; Unfolded protein response; Urea cycle

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; COTRANSPORTER; SODIUM;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; APICAL MEMBRANE; BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL TYPE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FAMILY; GENE CONTROL; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INTERCELLULAR SPACE; INVERTED REPEAT; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LIVER DEVELOPMENT; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER REGENERATION; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PIPIDAE; PLACENTA; PRENATAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; SLC38 CELL FAMILY; STEM CELL; STOICHIOMETRY; UNFOLDED PROTEIN RESPONSE;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEM A; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; MUSCLES; NEURONS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; SODIUM;

EID: 84891854907     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: 14322013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00424-013-1393-y     Document Type: Review

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