Inhibitory activity of a naturally occurring heterocyclic β-substituted alanine, β-(isoxazolin-5-on-4-yl)-L-alanine, on the L-glutamate/L-aspartate transporter (GLAST) expressed in Xenopus oocytes

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 166-169

  Kusama Eguchi, Kuniko ^a   Kusama, Tadashi ^a   Ikegami, Fumio ^b   Lambein, Fernand ^c   Watanabe, Kazuko ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

(isoxazolin 5 on 4 yl) L alanine; ODAP; GLAST; Lathyrus toxin; Neurolathyrism; Oocyte; Sodium dependent transporter; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ALANINE DERIVATIVE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ASPARTIC ACID; CARBON 14; CARRIER PROTEIN; GLUCOSIDE; GLUTAMIC ACID; ISOXAZOLINE DERIVATIVE; NEUROTOXIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; GLIA CELL; LATHYRISM; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PEA; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; XENOPUS;

ALANINE; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEM X-AG; ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; ISOXAZOLES; OOCYTES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0030729018     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(97)00245-3     Document Type: Article

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