Choline is transported by vesicular acetylcholine transporter

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 766-768

  Bravo, Dawn T ^a   Kolmakova, Natalia G ^a   Parsons, Stanley M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Choline; Choline high affinity transporter (CHT); PC12 cells; Vesamicol; Vesicular acetylcholine transporter

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CHOLINE; NICOTINIC AGENT; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR ALPHA7 AGONIST; TETRAMETHYLAMMONIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VESICULAR ACETYLCHOLINE TRANSPORTER;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BINDING SITE; CELL VACUOLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CYTOPLASM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RAT;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CHOLINE; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PC12 CELLS; PIPERIDINES; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; RADIOLIGAND ASSAY; RATS; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; TRITIUM; VESICULAR ACETYLCHOLINE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 7244238425     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2004.02746.x     Document Type: Article

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