Glutamine uptake and metabolism to N-acetylaspartylglutamate (NAAG) by crayfish axons and glia

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 209-220

  Buttram Jr , J G ^a   Engler, J A ^a   Grossfeld, R M ^a   Urazaev, A Kh ^b   Lieberman, E M ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon; Glia; Glutamate; Glutamine; NAAG; Transporter

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; N ACETYLASPARTYLGLUTAMIC ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAYFISH; GLIA; IN VITRO STUDY; ISOTOPE LABELING; METABOLISM; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; SODIUM CELL LEVEL; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

ASTACOIDEA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0036792199     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1096-4959(02)00124-0     Document Type: Article

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