When is a heme transporter not a heme transporter? When it's a folate transporter

被引：24

作者：

Andrews, Nancy C.

机构：

[1] Childrens Hosp, Boston, MA 02115 USA

[2] Harvard Univ, Sch Med, Boston, MA 02115 USA

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CELL METABOLISM | 2007年 / 5卷 / 01期

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10.1016/j.cmet.2006.12.004

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Q2 [细胞生物学];

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071009 ; 090102 ;

摘要：

Essential nutrients enter the body through a variety of specific transporter molecules expressed in the intestinal epithelium. A recent paper by Qiu et al. (2006) elegantly demonstrates that one of these transporters, previously thought to carry heme, is in fact an important folate transporter.

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