The side chains of amino acids have little or no specific affinity for the purine and pyrimidine bases found in RNA.

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Basolateral membranes of thyrocytes contain a symporter Na+/I –symporter (NIS) 

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Process of concentrating the iodide in the cell is called iodide trapping

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Na+/I – symporter (NIS) is capable of producing intracellular I – concentrations that are 20– 40 times as great as the concentration in plasma

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Wolff –Chaikoff effect large doses of iodide act directly on the thyroid to produce a mild and transient inhibition of organic binding of iodide and hence of hormone synthesis.

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Thyroid stimulating hormone induces both NIS expression and the retention of NIS in the basolateral membrane.

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Iodide is transported out of the thyroid cells across the apical membrane into the follicle by a chloride-iodide ion counter- transporter molecule called pendrin.