Developmental regulation of glutamate transporters and glutamine synthetase activity in astrocyte cultures differentiated in vitro

International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 173-184

  Stanimirovic, Danica B ^a   Ball, Rita ^a   Small, Daniel L ^a   Muruganandam, Arumugam ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUCLADESINE; CARRIER PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEM X-AG; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ASTROCYTES; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; BUCLADESINE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0033053566     PISSN: 07365748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-5748(99)00028-3     Document Type: Article

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