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Folate Receptors, GPI-Anchored MeSH Descriptor Data 2025
Cell surface receptors that bind to and transport FOLIC ACID, 5-methyltetrahydrofolate, and a variety of folic acid derivatives. The receptors are essential for normal NEURAL TUBE development and transport folic acid via receptor-mediated endocytosis.
Entry Term(s)
GPI-Anchored Folate Receptors
Receptors, Folate, GPI-Anchored
Registry Numbers
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Public MeSH Note
2011; FOLATE-BINDING PROTEIN (now FOLATE-RECEPTORS, GPI-ANCHORED) was indexed under CARRIER PROTEINS & RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE 1979-2010
Cell surface receptors that bind to and transport FOLIC ACID, 5-methyltetrahydrofolate, and a variety of folic acid derivatives. The receptors are essential for normal NEURAL TUBE development and transport folic acid via receptor-mediated endocytosis.