Concept information
Preferred term
Receptors, Amino Acid
Type
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Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
Entry terms
- Amino Acid Receptor
- Amino Acid Receptors
- Amino Acids Receptors
- Receptor, Amino Acid
- Receptors, Amino Acids
Note
- coord IM with specific amino acid (IM)
Scope note
- Cell surface proteins that bind amino acids and trigger changes which influence the behavior of cells. Glutamate receptors are the most common receptors for fast excitatory synaptic transmission in the vertebrate central nervous system, and GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID and glycine receptors are the most common receptors for fast inhibition.
History note
- 93; was AMINO ACID RECEPTOR (NM) 1981-92
In other languages
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Finnish
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aminohapporeseptori
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Swedish
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Receptorer, aminosyra
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D017459
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