Knockout of the folate transporter <it>folt-1 </it>causes germline and somatic defects in <it>C. elegans</it>
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The <it>C. elegans </it>gene <it>folt-1 </it>is an ortholog of the human reduced folate carrier gene. The FOLT-1 protein has been shown to transport folate and to be involved in uptake of exogenous folate by w...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2010-05-01
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Series: | BMC Developmental Biology |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-213X/10/46 |