In developing Drosophila neurones the production of γ-amino butyric acid is tightly regulated downstream of glutamate decarboxylase translation and can be influenced by calcium

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 939-951

  Küppers, Barbara ^a   Sánchez Soriano, Natalia ^a   Letzkus, Johannes ^a   Technau, Gerhard M ^a   Prokop, Andreas ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcium; Cell culture; Embryonic development; GABA; GAD; Synapse

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CALCIUM; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; POTASSIUM ION;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTOGENESIS; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CELLS, CULTURED; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS;

ANIMALIA; INSECTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037341017     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2003.01554.x     Document Type: Article

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