N-acetylsuccinimidylglutamate, a cyclic imide form of the peptide N-acetylaspartylglutamate, is present in low micromolar concentrations in murine and bovine CNS

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 382-388

  Brovia, Verónica ^a,b   Costa, Alicia ^a   Barbeito, Luis ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS CLEMENTE ESTABLE   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Aging; Aspartimide formation; N acetylaspartylglutamate; N acetylsuccinimidylglutamate; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE; MURINAE; ANIMALIA;

IMIDE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID; PEPTIDE;

AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; METABOLIC REGULATION; MOUSE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD;

AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CATTLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DIPEPTIDES; FEMALE; HISTAMINE H1 ANTAGONISTS; IMIDES; MALE; NEUROPEPTIDES; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0029884451     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1996.67010382.x     Document Type: Article

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