Mercuric chloride uncouples glutamate uptake from the countertransport of hydroxyl equivalents

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 271, Issue 5 40-5, 1996, Pages

  Nagaraja, Tavarekere N ^a   Brookes, Neville ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

intracellular pH; mouse astrocytes; N ethylmaleimide; p chloromercuribenzenesulfonate; sodium proton exchange

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; CHLOROMERCURIBENZENESULFONIC ACID; DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; HYDROXYL GROUP; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; SODIUM ION;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL PH; CONTROLLED STUDY; MERCURIALISM; MOUSE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON SODIUM EXCHANGE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029852988     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.1996.271.5.c1487     Document Type: Article

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