The glutamate/neutral amino acid transporter family SLC1: Molecular, physiological and pharmacological aspects

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 447, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 469-479

  Kanai, Yoshikatsu ^a   Hediger, Matthias A ^b  

^a KYORIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER ASCT1; AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER ASCT2; ANION; ASPARTIC ACID; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; CYSTEINE; DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; DIHYDROKAINIC ACID; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER EAAC1; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER EAAT4; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER EAAT5; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER GLAST; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER GLT 1; GLUTAMIC ACID; ISOPROTEIN; KAINIC ACID; POTASSIUM ION; PROTEIN INHIBITOR; PROTON; SERINE; SODIUM ION; THREONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS RECEPTOR;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; ION CONDUCTANCE; ION CURRENT; ION TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOTONEURON; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON TRANSPORT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SLC1A1 GENE; SLC1A2 GENE; SLC1A3 GENE; SLC1A4 GENE; SLC1A5 GENE; SLC1A6 GENE; SLC1A7 GENE; SODIUM TRANSPORT; SOLUTE; STEADY STATE; STOICHIOMETRY; STROKE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UPREGULATION;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEM X-AG; AMINO ACIDS, NEUTRAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; GLUTAMIC ACID; HUMANS; MULTIGENE FAMILY;

EID: 1242317710     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00424-003-1146-4     Document Type: Review

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