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SLC5A3

Sodium/myo-inositol cotransporter is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SLC5A3 gene.[1][2]

Expression of the myo-inositol transport protein is regulated by osmotic stress.[3]

See also

See also

References

References

  1. Berry GT, Mallee JJ, Kwon HM, Rim JS, Mulla WR, Muenke M, Spinner NB (Jul 1995). “The human osmoregulatory Na+/myo-inositol cotransporter gene (SLC5A3): molecular cloning and localization to chromosome 21”. Genomics. 25 (2): 507–13. doi:10.1016/0888-7543(95)80052-N. PMID 7789985.
  2. “Entrez Gene: SLC5A3 solute carrier family 5 (inositol transporters), member 3”.
  3. Lee SD, Choi SY, Lim SW, Lamitina ST, Ho SN, Go WY, Kwon HM (2011). “TonEBP stimulates multiple cellular pathways for adaptation to hypertonic stress: Organic osmolyte-dependent and -independent pathways”. AJP: Renal Physiology. 300 (3): F707–F715. doi:10.1152/ajprenal.00227.2010. PMC 3064130. PMID 21209002.
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