Post-transcriptional regulation of the human reduced folate carrier as a novel adaptive mechanism in response to folate excess or deficiency

Bioscience Reports

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 457-468

  Hou, Zhanjun ^a,b   Orr, Steve ^a,b   Matherly, Larry H ^a,b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KARMANOS CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antifolate; Folate; Oligomerization; Post transcriptional regulation; Reduced folate carrier; Transporter

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; FOLIC ACID; REDUCED FOLATE CARRIER;

CELL MEMBRANE; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HELA CELL LINE; HUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; RNA PROCESSING; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; TUMOR CELL LINE;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL MEMBRANE; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REDUCED FOLATE CARRIER PROTEIN; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL;

EID: 84906834313     PISSN: 01448463     EISSN: 15734935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BSR20140065     Document Type: Article

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