Transmembrane domains I and II of the γ-aminobutyric acid transporter GAT-4 contain molecular determinants of substrate specificity

Molecular Pharmacology

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1452-1461

  Melamed, Nir ^a   Kanner, Baruch I ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMINO ACID; BETA ALANINE; CARRIER PROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GLYCINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PROTEIN GAT 4; SERINE; TAURINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENCY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; NEUROTRANSMITTER UPTAKE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

ANIMALS; BETA-ALANINE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; GABA PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MUTATION; OOCYTES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TAURINE; TRITIUM; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 2442640243     PISSN: 0026895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/mol.65.6.1452     Document Type: Article

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