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Thyroid hormone transporters.
Vitamins and hormones - 1 Jan 2005
Friesema Edith C H, Jansen Jurgen, Milici Carmelina, Visser Theo J
Abstract excerpt
Thyroid hormone is essential for the development of the brain and the nervous system. Cellular entry is required for conversion of thyroid hormones by the intracellular deiodinases and for binding of T(3) to its nuclear receptors. Several transporters capable of thyroid hormone transport have been identified. Functional expression studies using Xenopus laevis oocytes have so far identified two categories of...
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