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doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2006.12.004.
When is a heme transporter not a heme transporter? When it's a folate transporter
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- DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2006.12.004
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When is a heme transporter not a heme transporter? When it's a folate transporter
Cell Metab.
2007 Jan.
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Abstract
Essential nutrients enter the body through a variety of specific transporter molecules expressed in the intestinal epithelium. A recent paper by elegantly demonstrates that one of these transporters, previously thought to carry heme, is in fact an important folate transporter.
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Identification of an intestinal folate transporter and the molecular basis for hereditary folate malabsorption.Cell. 2006 Dec 1;127(5):917-28. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2006.09.041. Cell. 2006. PMID: 17129779
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