Function of taurine transporter (Slc6a6/TauT) as a GABA transporting protein and its relevance to GABA transport in rat retinal capillary endothelial cells

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes

Volumn 1778, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2138-2142

  Tomi, Masatoshi ^a   Tajima, Ayumi ^a   Tachikawa, Masanori ^a   Hosoya, Ken ichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aminobutyric acid; Blood retinal barrier; Carrier mediated transport; Retinal capillary endothelial cell; Taurine transporter

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID CARRIER; BETA ALANINE; BETAINE; CHLORIDE; SODIUM; TAURINE; TAURINE TRANSPORTER;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLOOD RETINA BARRIER; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RAT; RETINA CAPILLARY;

ANIMALS; BLOOD-RETINAL BARRIER; CAPILLARIES; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; RATS; RETINAL VESSELS; TAURINE;

RATTUS;

EID: 52049118519     PISSN: 00052736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2008.04.012     Document Type: Article

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