title: Cloning and expression of a cocaine-sensitive rat dopamine transporter.
abstract: The action of dopamine and other monoamine neurotransmitters at synapses is terminated predominantly by high-affinity reuptake into presynaptic terminals by specific sodium-dependent neurotransmitter transport proteins. A complementary DNA encoding a rat dopamine transporter has been isolated that exhibits high sequence similarity with the previously cloned norepinephrine and gamma-aminobutyric acid transporters. Transient expression of the complementary DNA in HeLa cells confirms the cocaine sensitivity of this transporter.
authors.affiliation: Yale University, New Haven, CT 06510.
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Kilty
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lorang
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Amara
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003042:Cocaine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004298:Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism*; D050483:Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins; D015870:Gene Expression; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D051381:Rats; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D050483:Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D003042:Cocaine; D004298:Dopamine