Connexin-deficiency affects expression levels of glial glutamate transporters within the cerebrum

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 506, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 12-16

  Unger, Tina ^a   Bette, Stefanie ^a   Zhang, Jiong ^b   Theis, Martin ^b   Engele, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Astroglial heterogeneity; Gap junctions; Translational regulation

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 30; CONNEXIN 43; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 1; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 2; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE INACTIVATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEM X-AG; ANIMALS; CEREBRUM; CONNEXINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEUROGLIA;

EID: 84855195484     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2011.10.032     Document Type: Article

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