Vesicular GABA transporter (VGAT) transports β-alanine

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 482-486

  Juge, Narinobu ^a   Omote, Hiroshi ^b   Moriyama, Yoshinori ^a,b  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

alanine; taurine; vesicular GABA transporter

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; BETA ALANINE; CHLORIDE ION; GLYCINE; PROTEOLIPOSOME; VESICULAR INHIBITORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; CATION TRANSPORT; ENZYME RECONSTITUTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXOCYTOSIS; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

Β-ALANINE; TAURINE; VESICULAR GABA TRANSPORTER;

BETA-ALANINE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; LIPOSOMES; MUTATION; PROTEOLIPIDS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; VESICULAR INHIBITORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 84887079473     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jnc.12393     Document Type: Article

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