Variations in promoter activity reveal a differential expression and physiology of glutamate transporters by glia in the developing and mature CNS

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 25, 2007, Pages 6607-6619

  Regan, Melissa R ^a   Huang, Yanhua H ^a   Yu, Shin Kim ^a   Dykes Hoberg, Margaret I ^a   Jin, Lin ^a   Watkins, Andrew M ^a   Bergles, Dwight E ^a   Rothstein, Jeffrey D ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Astroglia; BAC; GLAST; GLT 1; Glutamate; Membrane; Oligodendroglial; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 1; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 1;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DENTATE GYRUS; DOWN REGULATION; GLIA; MOUSE; NERVE TRACT; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 1; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 2; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEUROGLIA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 34250870091     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0790-07.2007     Document Type: Article

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