Human vesicular glutamate transporters functionally complement EAT-4 in C. elegans

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 50-54

  Lee, Dukgyu ^b   Jung, Sunki ^c   Ryu, Jungmin ^c   Ahnn, Joohong ^b   Ha, Ilho ^a  

^a Inje University   (South Korea)

^b Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^c HCC R and D Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

C. elegans; EAT 4; Foraging; Pharyngeal pumping; VGLUT

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; PROTEIN EAT 4; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHEMOTAXIS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEEDING DISORDER; HUMAN; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; SYNAPSE VESICLE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 42949119178     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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