Heterogeneous cellular distribution of glutamate dehydrogenase in brain and in non-neural tissues

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 500-515

  Spanaki, Cleanthe ^a   Kotzamani, Dimitra ^a   Petraki, Zoe ^a   Drakos, Elias ^a   Plaitakis, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Expression profile; Glutamate dehydrogenase; hGDH1; hGDH2; Immunohistochemistry; Localization

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MESSENGER RNA;

ACIDIFICATION; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; BRAIN TISSUE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY; LIVER; MITOCHONDRION; NERVOUS TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; TESTIS;

EID: 84896718850     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: 15736903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11064-013-1235-5     Document Type: Review

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