GABA signaling: A conserved and ubiquitous mechanism

Trends in Cell Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 607-610

  Bouché, Nicolas ^a   Lacombe, Benoît ^b   Fromm, Hillel ^c,d  

^a Section de Bioenergetique   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ARABIDOPSIS; DEVELOPMENT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VERTEBRATE;

ARABIDOPSIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0242475307     PISSN: 09628924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2003.10.001     Document Type: Short Survey

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