Immunocytochemical localization of γ-aminobutyric acid plasma membrane transporters in the tiger salamander retina

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 389, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 117-126

  Yang, Chen Yu ^a   Brecha, Nicholas C ^b   Tsao, Ernest ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

aminobutyric acid plasma membrane transporters; Amacrine cells; Amphibians; Bipolar cells

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CARRIER PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RETINA; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; SALAMANDER; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL POLARITY; GABA PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; ORGANIC ANION TRANSPORTERS; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 0030689825     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19971208)389:1<117::AID-CNE8>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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