Molecular identification of astroglial neutral amino acid transport systems

Developmental Neuroscience
S Bröer

Abstract

Astrocytes, like other mammalian cells, possess several different amino acid transport systems with overlapping substrate specificity. They are involved in nutrition of the astrocyte itself and the metabolic traffic between astrocytes and neurons. Recent advances in molecular cloning techniques led to the identification of several amino acid transport proteins, which are in part present in astrocytes as well.

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Aug 23, 2003·American Journal of Physiology. Endocrinology and Metabolism·Robyn L O'Kane, Richard A Hawkins
Sep 8, 2001·American Journal of Physiology. Cell Physiology·C A WagnerS Bröer

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