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Export pumps for glutathione S-conjugates.
Free radical biology & medicine - 1 Nov 1999
Keppler D
Abstract excerpt
The release of glutathione S-conjugates from cells is an ATP-dependent process mediated by integral membrane glycoproteins belonging to the recently discovered multidrug-resistance protein (MRP) family. Many lipophilic compounds conjugated with glutathione, glucuronate, or sulfate are substrates for export pumps of the MRP family. In humans six MRP isoforms encoded by different genes have been cloned. Orthologs...
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