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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Main Authors: Balamurugan Krishnaswamy, Liau Wei-Siang, Austin Misa U, Ashokkumar Balasubramaniem, Said Hamid M, LaMunyon Craig W
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-05-01
Series:BMC Developmental Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-213X/10/46