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Abstract
A family of POTASSIUM and SODIUM-dependent acidic amino acid transporters that demonstrate a high affinity for GLUTAMIC ACID and ASPARTIC ACID. Several variants of this system are found in neuronal tissue.
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- Amino Acid Transport System XAG
- Amino Acid Transport System X AG
- GLAST Glutamate-Aspartate Transporters
- Glutamate Translocase
- Glutamate Transport Glycoprotein
- Glutamate Transporter
- Glutamate-Aspartate Transporter
- GLAST Glutamate Aspartate Transporters
- Glutamate Aspartate Transporter
- Glutamate-Aspartate Transporters, GLAST
- Transport Glycoprotein, Glutamate
- Transporter, Glutamate-Aspartate
- Transporters, GLAST Glutamate-Aspartate
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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, deficiency, drug effects, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, ultrastructure, urine.
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2002; for GLUTAMATE TRANSLOCASE use AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEM X-AG (NM) 1979-2001; for GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER use AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEM X-AG 1989-2001; for GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT GLYCOPROTEIN use AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEM X-AG 1990-2001; for GLUTAMATE-ASPARTATE TRANSPORTER use AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEM X-AG (NM) 1997-2001
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- ABC Transporters (1996-2001)
- Glutamates/metabolism (1979-1989)
- Glycoproteins (1979-1995)
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- National Library of Medicine. Amino Acid Transport System X-AG. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D027322. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D027322
- Amino Acid Transport System X-AG. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q78042099