Identification of four functional NR3B isoforms in developing white matter reveals unexpected diversity among glutamate receptors

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 449-460

  De Jesus Domingues, António M ^a,b   Neugebauer, Karla M ^b   Fern, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

glia; glutamate; neurotransmitter; NMDA; splicing isoform; white matter

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; MAGNESIUM ION; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 1; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2A; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2B; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2C; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2D; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 3A; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 3B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL STRAIN HEK293; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; WHITE MATTER;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BRAIN; CALCIUM; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLUTAMIC ACID; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MAGNESIUM; MALE; OPTIC NERVE; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RATS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 79954423042     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2011.07212.x     Document Type: Article

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