title: Glutamate receptors expressed in Xenopus oocyte by messenger RNA from invertebrate muscle.
abstract: Glutamate induced responses in the surface membrane of Xenopus oocyte by injection with mRNA from crustacea and insect muscle. Glutamate (10(-5) to 10(-4) M) elicited smooth current responses which resembled those induced by kainate. This smooth current reversed direction at about 0 mV and was blocked by a spider toxin (JSTX). Higher concentrations (more than 1 x 10(-3) M) of glutamate induced JSTX-insensitive oscillatory current responses which may be caused by Cl- activation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurobiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Neurosciences, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ohsako
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Deguchi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kawai
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D007267:Injections; D007313:Insecta; D009132:Muscles / Q000032:analysis*; D008121:Nephropidae; D009865:Oocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000032:analysis / Q000502:physiology*; D017470:Receptors, Glutamate; D017981:Receptors, Neurotransmitter / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D014981:Xenopus / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D017470:Receptors, Glutamate; D017981:Receptors, Neurotransmitter