Carnitine - A known compound, a novel function in neural cells

Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 597-609

  Nałȩcz, Katarzyna A ^a   Nałȩcz, Maciej J ^a  

^a NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

acetylcholine synthesis; carnitine transport; palmitoylation (neuroblastoma, cerebral cortex cells); protein kinase C

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CARNITINE; PROTEIN KINASE C;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MITOCHONDRION; CELL FUNCTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; NERVE CELL; NEUROBLASTOMA; NONHUMAN; PALMITOYLATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RAT; REVIEW;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADULT; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BRAIN; CARNITINE; CHOLINE; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; MITOCHONDRIA; NEURONS;

EID: 0029950626     PISSN: 00651400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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