Cloning and characterization of glutamate receptor subunit 4 (GLUA4) and its alternatively spliced isoforms in turtle brain

Journal of Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 159-172

  Sabirzhanov, Boris ^a   Keifer, Joyce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; AMPA receptor; Flip flop splice variants; GluA4; Turtle

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 4; MESSENGER RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TRUNCATED GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AMPA RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR IONOTROPIC, AMPA 4; ISOPROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDEMYS SCRIPTA ELEGANS; TURTLE; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHICKEN; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EMYDIDAE; TESTUDINES;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN; CHICKENS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECEPTORS, AMPA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TURTLES;

EID: 80054057868     PISSN: 08958696     EISSN: 15591166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12031-010-9405-2     Document Type: Article

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