Iodide transport in the thyroid gland
N Carrasco - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Reviews on …, 1993 - Elsevier
I. Introduction sources on the planet are Chilean nitrate deposits, California oil well brines,
and sea water. The transport of iodide (I-) is a highly specialized I-transport into the thyroid is
the first and main process found most notably, though not exclusively, in rate-limiting step in
the biosynthesis of the thyroid the thyroid gland. Since iodine is an essential con- hormones.
These hormones, in turn, are of major sigstituent of the thyroid hormones thyroxine (T 4) and
and sea water. The transport of iodide (I-) is a highly specialized I-transport into the thyroid is
the first and main process found most notably, though not exclusively, in rate-limiting step in
the biosynthesis of the thyroid the thyroid gland. Since iodine is an essential con- hormones.
These hormones, in turn, are of major sigstituent of the thyroid hormones thyroxine (T 4) and
