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leucine import

Known as: leucine uptake 
The directed movement of leucine into a cell or organelle. [GOC:dph, GOC:tb]
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Intestinal brush-border membrane enzyme activities and transport functions during prenatal development of pigs.
Enzyme activities and rates of leucine and glucose uptake were measured using brush-border membrane vesicles prepared from the… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
BAP2, a gene encoding a permease for branched-chain amino acids in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Agents which reverse multidrug-resistance are inhibitors of [3H]vinblastine transport by isolated vesicles.
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Measurement of L-[1-14C]Leucine Kinetics in Splanchnic and Leg Tissues In Humans: Effect of Amino Acid Infusion
Although whole-body leucine flux is widely measured to study body protein turnover in humans, the contribution of specific… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Uptake of Amino Acids by Brain Microvessels Isolated from Rats after Portacaval Anastomosis
Abstract: The uptake of amino acids by microvessels isolated from brains of rats was studied. Previous studies have demonstrated… 
1980
1980
Mechanisms of glycyl‐L‐leucine uptake by guinea‐pig small intestine: relative importance of intact‐peptide transport.
1. Characteristics of glycyl‐L‐leucine influx across the mucosal border of isolated guinea‐pig ileum have been investigated. The… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Changes in cyclic AMP levels in the amphibian ovarian follicle following progesterone induction of meiotic maturation. Effect of phosphodiesterase inhibitors and exogenous calcium on germinal vesicle…
In several cell systems, factors that decrease cyclic AMP levels stimulate cell division, while factors that increase cyclic AMP… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Stimulation of active uptake of nucleosides and amino acids by cyclic adenosine 3' :5'-monophosphate in the yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe.
Highly Cited
1965
Highly Cited
1965
REGULATION OF CEREBRAL METABOLISM OF AMINO ACIDS—IV. INFLUENCE OF AMINO ACID LEVELS ON LEUCINE UPTAKE, UTILIZATION AND INCORPORATION INTO PROTEIN IN VZVO *
THE relationship between intracerebral levels of free amino acids and the synthesis of brain proteins has not been elucidated… 
Highly Cited
1964
Highly Cited
1964
STIMULATORY ACTION OF INSULIN ON LEUCINE UPTAKE AND METABOLISM IN ADIPOSE TISSUE.
Epididymal fat incubated in the presence of glucose and dl-leucine-2-C14 incorporated C14 into fatty acids and CO2. Insulin at… 
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