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Taro Tokui
Researcher at Brigham and Women's Hospital
Publications - 1
Citations - 813
Taro Tokui is an academic researcher from Brigham and Women's Hospital. The author has contributed to research in topics: Vitamin & Dehydroascorbic acid. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 1 publications receiving 778 citations.
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A family of mammalian Na + -dependent L -ascorbic acid transporters
Hiroyasu Tsukaguchi,Taro Tokui,Bryan Mackenzie,Urs V. Berger,Xing-Zhen Chen,Yangxi Wang,Richard F. Brubaker,Matthias A. Hediger,Matthias A. Hediger +8 more
TL;DR: It is found that SVCT1 and SVCT2 each mediate concentrative, high-affinity L-ascorbic acid transport that is stereospecific and is driven by the Na+ electrochemical gradient.