Glutamate, Glutamate Receptors, and Downstream Signaling Pathways
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Glutamate, Glutamate Receptors, and Downstream Signaling Pathways
Glutamate is a nonessential amino acid, a major bioenergetic substrate for proliferating normal and neoplastic cells, and an excitatory neurotransmitter that is actively involved in biosynthetic, bioenergetic, metabolic, and oncogenic signaling pathways. Glutamate signaling activates a family of receptors consisting of metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs) and ionotropic glutamate receptors...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Biological Sciences
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1449-2288
DOI: 10.7150/ijbs.6426