Abstract
The Human Genome Organisation (HUGO) Nomenclature Committee Database provides a list of transporter families of the solute carrier (SLC) gene series (see http://www.gene.ucl.ac.uk/nomenclature/. Currently, it includes 43 families and 298 transporter genes. This special issue features mini-reviews on each of these SLC families written by the experts in each field. A WEB site has been established (http://www.pharmaconference.org/ slctable.asp) that gives the latest updates for the SLC families and their members as well as relevant links to gene databases and reviews in the literature. A list of all currently known SLC families, a discussion of additional SLC families and family members as well as a brief summary of non-SLC transporter genes is included in this introduction.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 465-468 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology |
Volume | 447 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 1 2004 |
Keywords
- ABC transporter
- Carrier
- Channel
- Cotransporter
- Coupled transport
- Exchanger
- Ion transport
- Nomenclature
- Pump
- SLC
- Solute transport
- Transport protein
- Transporter
- Transporter gene
- Uniporter
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physiology
- Clinical Biochemistry
- Physiology (medical)