The ENT family of eukaryote nucleoside and nucleobase transporters: recent advances in the investigation of structure/function relationships and the identification of novel isoforms

• Published in: Molecular membrane biology Vol. 18; no. 1; pp. 53 - 63
• Main Authors: Hyde, Ralph J., Cass, Carol E., Young, James D., Stephen A. Baldwin, James D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Informa UK Ltd 2001; Taylor & Francis
• Subjects: Nucleoside Transport Nucleobase Transport Equilibrative Nucleoside Transporter Protozoa Nitrobenzylthioinosine

The first examples of the equilibrative nucleoside transporter (ENT) family were characterized in human tissues at the molecular level only 4 years ago. Since that time, the identification of homologous proteins by functional cloning and genome analysis has revealed that the family is widely distrib...