Glutamate: A truly functional amino acid

Amino Acids

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 413-418

  Brosnan, John T ^a   Brosnan, Margaret E ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gamma carboxyglutamate; GI tract; Glutathione; Insulin secretion; Neurotransmitter; Umami taste receptors

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CALCIUM; FOLIC ACID; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE; TETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CARBOXYLATION; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; HUMAN; INTESTINE FUNCTION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TASTE BUD;

ANIMALS; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; GLUTAMIC ACID; HEMOSTASIS; HUMANS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS;

EID: 84882659696     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: 14382199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-012-1280-4     Document Type: Article

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