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Localization and substrate selectivity of sea urchin multidrug (MDR) efflux transporters.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 21 Dec 2012
Gökirmak Tufan, Campanale Joseph P, Shipp Lauren E, Moy Gary W, Tao Houchao, Hamdoun Amro
Abstract excerpt
In this study, we cloned, expressed and functionally characterized Stronglycentrotus purpuratus (Sp) ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters. This screen identified three multidrug resistance (MDR) transporters with functional homology to the major types of MDR transporters found in humans. When overexpressed in embryos, the apical transporters Sp-ABCB1a, ABCB4a, and ABCG2a can account for as much as 87% of the...
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