Immunocytochemical localization of the high-affinity glutamate transporter, EAAC1, in the retina of representative vertebrate species

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 211, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 191-194

  Schultz, Konrad ^a,b   Stell, William K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chicken; EAAC1; Glutamate transporter; Goldfish; Immooocytoche mistry; Rat; Retina; Salamander; Turtle

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; GOLDFISH; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; RETINA INNER PLEXIFORM LAYER; RETINA NERVE CELL; SALAMANDER; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TURTLE;

EID: 0030604659     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12762-2     Document Type: Article

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