Astrocytes: Glutamate transport and alternate splicing of transporters

International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1901-1906

  Lee, Aven ^a   Pow, David V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alternate splicing; Astrocytes; EAAT; Glutamate transport

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CELL RECEPTOR; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANTIBODY LABELING; ASTROCYTE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CELL FUNCTION; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SHORT SURVEY; SYNAPSE;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; GLUTAMATE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; GLUTAMIC ACID; HUMANS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 78149285177     PISSN: 13572725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2010.09.016     Document Type: Short Survey

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