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Alternate splicing and expression of the glutamate transporter EAAT5 in the rat retina.
Gene - 15 Sept 2012
Lee Aven, Anderson Ashley R, Barnett Nigel L, Stevens Melissa G, Pow David V
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Excitatory amino acid transporter 5 (EAAT5) is an unusual glutamate transporter that is expressed in the retina, where it is localised to two populations of glutamatergic neurons, namely the bipolar neurons and photoreceptors. EAAT5 exhibits two distinct properties, acting both as a slow glutamate transporter and as a glutamate-gated inhibitory receptor. The latter property is attributable to a co-associated...
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