New views of glutamate transporter structure and function: Advances and challenges

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 172-181

  Jiang, Jie ^a   Amara, Susan G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anion conductance; Binding site; Co transport mechanisms; Glutamate transporter; Membrane topology

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; ASPARTIC ACID; CYSTEINE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 1; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 2; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 3; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANION TRANSPORT; BINDING SITE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; HUMAN; HYDROPHOBICITY; ION CONDUCTANCE; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON TRANSPORT; REVIEW;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEM X-AG; BINDING SITES; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; GLUTAMIC ACID; NEURONS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 78149499345     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2010.07.019     Document Type: Review

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