Low editing efficiency of GluR2 mRNA is associated with a low relative abundance of ADAR2 mRNA in white matter of normal human brain

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 23-33

  Kawahara, Yukio ^a   Ito, Kyoko ^a   Sun, Hui ^a   Kanazawa, Ichiro ^a,b   Kwak, Shin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

amino 3 hydroxy 5 methyl 4 isoxazolepropionate receptor; Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Q R site; Quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction; RNA editing

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE RECEPTOR 2; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 2; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 5; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 6; MESSENGER RNA; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME REGULATION; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EDITING; WHITE MATTER;

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, KAINIC ACID; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EDITING; RNA, MESSENGER; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0041666420     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02718.x     Document Type: Article

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