Expression and function of glutamine transporters SN1 (SNAT3) and SN2 (SNAT5) in retinal Müller cells

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 3980-3987

  Umapathy, Nagavedi S ^a   Li, Weiguo ^a   Mysona, Barbara A ^a   Smith, Sylvia B ^a   Ganapathy, Vadivel ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 METHYL 2 METHYLAMINOPROPIONIC ACID; CARRIER PROTEIN; GLUTAMINE; GLUTAMINE TRANSPORTER SN1; GLUTAMINE TRANSPORTER SN2; ISOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN ATA1; PROTEIN ATA2; PROTEIN LAT1; PROTEIN LAT2; SODIUM ION; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; CD98 ANTIGEN; SLC38A1 PROTEIN, RAT; SLC38A2 PROTEIN, RAT; SLC38A5 PROTEIN, HUMAN; SLC7A8 PROTEIN, RAT; SYSTEM N PROTEIN 1;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; MEASUREMENT; MOUSE; MUELLER CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL LINE; CELL SEPARATION; GENETICS; GLIA; METABOLISM; RETINA;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEM A; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEM Y+; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, NEUTRAL; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD98 LIGHT CHAINS; CELL LINE; CELL SEPARATION; GLUTAMINE; LARGE NEUTRAL AMINO ACID-TRANSPORTER 1; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEUROGLIA; RATS; RETINA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 33644686858     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.05-0488     Document Type: Article

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