Cellular localization of glutamate and glutamine metabolism and transport pathways in the rat ciliary epithelium

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 3345-3353

  Hu, Rebecca G ^a   Lim, Julie C ^a   Kalloniatis, Michael ^a,b   Donaldson, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ALANINE; ASPARTIC ACID; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 1; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 2; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 3; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 4; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 5; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; CARRIER PROTEIN; ENZYME INHIBITOR; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; GLUTAMINE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; METHIONINE SULFOXIMINE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CILIARY BODY EPITHELIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; ANIMAL; CILIARY BODY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; EPITHELIUM CELL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; INTRAVITREAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METABOLISM; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ANIMALS; AQUEOUS HUMOR; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARRIER PROTEINS; CILIARY BODY; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GLUTAMATE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAVITREAL INJECTIONS; METHIONINE SULFOXIMINE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 80051570050     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.10-6422     Document Type: Article

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