Multiple γ-aminobutyric acid plasma membrane transporters (GAT-1, GAT- 2, GAT-3) in the rat retina

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 375, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 212-224

  Johnson, Juliette ^a,e   Chen, Ty K ^a,b   Rickman, Dennis W ^f   Evans, Chris ^d   Brecha, Nicholas C ^a,b,c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f Anheuser Busch Eye Institute at St Louis University   (United States)

Author keywords

amacrine cells; glia cells; neurotransmitter transporter; nonpigmented ciliary epithelium; retina pigment epithelium

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CARRIER PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE FIBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; RETINA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; EPITHELIUM; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; GABA PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; ORGANIC ANION TRANSPORTERS; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETINA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0029909627     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19961111)375:2<212::AID-CNE3>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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