Distribution of the glycine transporter glyt-1 in mammalian and nonmammalian retinae

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 231-239

  Pow, David V ^a   Hendrickson, Anita E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Glycine; Glyt 1; Retina; Transporter

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; CARRIER PROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; GLYCINE TRANSPORTER; SLC6A9 PROTEIN, RAT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAT; CHICKEN; CYTOLOGY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GUINEA PIG; MACACA; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; RABBIT; RAT; RETINA; RETINA GANGLION CELL;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, NEUTRAL; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CATS; CHICKENS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; GLYCINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; GUINEA PIGS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MACACA MULATTA; NEURONS; RABBITS; RATS; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 0033103089     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523899162047     Document Type: Article

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