Glutamate-mediated signaling in Schistosoma mansoni: A novel glutamate receptor is expressed in neurons and the female reproductive tract

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 42-50

  Taman, Amira ^a   Ribeiro, Paula ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

G protein coupled receptor (GPCR); Metabotropic glutamate; Nervous system; Neurons; Neurotransmitter; Schistosoma mansoni

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 2 (2 CARBOXYCYCLOPROPYL) 3 (XANTHEN 9 YL)PROPIONIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ACETABULUM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN HEK293; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; LARVA; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; CYCLIC AMP; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GLUTAMIC ACID; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURONS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PHYLOGENY; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; RECEPTORS, METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; PLATYHELMINTHES; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 78951482201     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2010.12.001     Document Type: Article

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