Synthesis of N-acetylaspartylglutamate (NAAG) and N-acetylaspartate (NAA) in axons and glia of the crayfish medial giant nerve fiber

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 576, Issue , 2006, Pages 303-315

  Lieberman, Edward M ^a   Achreja, Mohit ^a   Urazaev, Albert K ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; DIPEPTIDE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GLUTAMIC ACID; N ACETYL 1 ASPARTYLGLUTAMIC ACID; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID; N-ACETYL-1-ASPARTYLGLUTAMIC ACID; N-ACETYLASPARTATE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CRAYFISH; GLIA; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; NERVE FIBER;

ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ACID; ASTACOIDEA; AXONS; DIPEPTIDES; GLUTAMIC ACID; NERVE FIBERS; NEUROGLIA;

EID: 84934443548     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/0-387-30172-0_22     Document Type: Conference Paper

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