Upregulation of Na,Cl - -coupled betaine/γ-amino-butyric acid transporter BGT1 by tau tubulin kinase 2

Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 334-343

  Almilaji, Ahmad ^a   Munoz, Carlos ^a   Hosseinzadeh, Zohreh ^a   Lang, Florian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Kinase; Neurodegeneration; Osmolyte transporter

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; BREFELDIN A; CARRIER PROTEIN; PROTEIN BGT1; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; TAU TUBULIN KINASE 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID CARRIER; BETAINE; CHLORIDE; SODIUM;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID UPTAKE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; UPREGULATION; XENOPUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; VOLTAGE CLAMP TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; OOCYTES; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UP-REGULATION; XENOPUS;

EID: 84885674998     PISSN: 10158987     EISSN: 14219778     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000354441     Document Type: Article

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