title: Vesicular neurotransmitter transporters: an approach for studying transporters with purified proteins.
abstract: Vesicular storage and subsequent release of neurotransmitters are the key processes of chemical signal transmission. In this process, vesicular neurotransmitter transporters are responsible for loading the signaling molecules. The use of a "clean biochemical" approach with purified, recombinant transporters has helped in the identification of novel vesicular neurotransmitter transporters and in the analysis of the control of signal transmission.
authors.affiliation: Department of Membrane Biochemistry, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Omote
authors.forename: Yoshinori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Moriyama
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D027321:Anion Transport Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D050479:Neurotransmitter Transport Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000502:physiology*; D013572:Synaptic Vesicles / Q000502:physiology*; D050496:Vesicular Glutamate Transport Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D050495:Vesicular Inhibitory Amino Acid Transport Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D050493:Vesicular Monoamine Transport Proteins / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D027321:Anion Transport Proteins; D050479:Neurotransmitter Transport Proteins; D050496:Vesicular Glutamate Transport Proteins; D050495:Vesicular Inhibitory Amino Acid Transport Proteins; D050493:Vesicular Monoamine Transport Proteins; C493406:vesicular GABA transporter