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Mechanisms of disease: psychomotor retardation and high T3 levels caused by mutations in monocarboxylate transporter 8.
Nature clinical practice. Endocrinology & metabolism - 1 Sept 2006
Friesema Edith C H, Jansen Jurgen, Heuer Heike, Trajkovic Marija, Bauer Karl, Visser Theo J
Abstract excerpt
The actions and the metabolism of thyroid hormone are intracellular events that require the transport of iodothyronines across the plasma membrane. It is increasingly clear that this process does not occur by simple diffusion, but is facilitated by transport proteins. Only recently have iodothyro...
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