EAT-4, a homolog of a mammalian sodium-dependent inorganic phosphate cotransporter, is necessary for glutamatergic neurotransmission in Caenorhabditis elegans

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 159-167

  Lee, Raymond Y N ^a,d   Sawin, Elizabeth R ^b   Chalfie, Martin ^c   Horvitz, H Robert ^b   Avery, Leon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; C. elegans; Genetics; Glutamate; Sodium dependent inorganic phosphate cotransporter; Synaptic neurotransmission

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; PHOSPHATE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN EAT 4; SODIUM ION; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE MUTATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 0032959163     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-01-00159.1999     Document Type: Article

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