Intersubunit interactions in EAAT4 glutamate transporters

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 28, 2006, Pages 7513-7522

  Torres Salazar, Delany ^a,b   Fahlke, Christoph ^a,b,c,d  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS CIENTÍFICOS CECS   (Chile)

^d Zentrum für Systemische Neurowissenschaften   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell excitability; Chloride channel; Glutamate transporter; Neurotransmitter; Patch clamp; Synaptic transmission

Indexed keywords

EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 4; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; NEUROTRANSMITTER; SODIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GLUTAMIC ACID; ION CHANNEL; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SLC1A6 PROTEIN, RAT;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOMEOSTASIS; MAMMAL CELL; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; XENOPUS; ANIMAL; BINDING SITE; CELL LINE; CHANNEL GATING; GENETICS; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; PATCH CLAMP; PHYSIOLOGY; POINT MUTATION; RAT;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CELL LINE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 4; GLUTAMIC ACID; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION CHANNELS; OOCYTES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RATS; SODIUM; XENOPUS;

EID: 33746064534     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4545-05.2006     Document Type: Article

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