γ-L-glutamyltaurine

Amino Acids

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 343-356

  Bittner, S ^a   Win, T ^b   Gupta, R ^c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b University of Mandalay   (Myanmar)

^c NAGALAND UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

glutamyl taurine; Dipeptide; Neural systems; Non neural systems; Taurine

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTAMINE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTAURINE; MAGNESIUM ION; MONOAMINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER; TAURINE; THYROID HORMONE; URIC ACID;

AMNESIA; ANOXIA; ANXIETY; BONE DISEASE; CHEMICAL BOND; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; EMOTION; ENZYME CHEMISTRY; GENOTOXICITY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INOTROPISM; LOCOMOTION; LOW DRUG DOSE; METAMORPHOSIS; NEOPHOBIA; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PARATHYROID GLAND; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PHOBIA; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEIZURE; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SYNAPTOSOME; TASTE AVERSION;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALS; CEREBELLAR CORTEX; EMOTIONS; GLUTAMINE; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; RATS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; TAURINE; TELENCEPHALON; THYROID GLAND;

AMPHIBIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 21244446709     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-005-0196-7     Document Type: Review

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