The peptide transporter PepT2 mediates the uptake of the glutathione precursor CysGly in astroglia-rich primary cultures

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 388-393

  Dringen, Ralf ^a   Hamprecht, Bernd ^a   Bröer, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Astroglia; Cysteinylglycine; Dipeptide transport; Glutathione; Uptake

Indexed keywords

ALANYLALANINE; CAPTOPRIL; CARNOSINE; CARRIER PROTEIN; CEFADROXIL; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYSTEINE; CYSTEINYLGLYCINE; DIPEPTIDE; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLYCINE; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; SERYLGLYCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; MACROGLIA; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RAT;

EID: 0031865773     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1998.71010388.x     Document Type: Article

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