Characterization of the 5' region of the rat brain glycine transporter GLYT2 gene: Identification of a novel isoform

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 242, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 25-28

  Ponce, Julia ^a   Poyatos, Irene ^a   Aragón, Carmen ^a   Giménez, Cecilio ^a   Zafra, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gene organization; Glycine; Transporter

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; GLYCINE;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE ORDER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, NEUTRAL; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BRAIN; CARRIER PROTEINS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; COS CELLS; GLYCINE; GLYCINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RATS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0032488929     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00037-8     Document Type: Article

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