Access
To read this article in full you may need to log in, make a payment or gain access through a site license (see right).
Brief Communication
Nature Genetics 36, 1061–1063 (1 October 2004) | doi:10.1038/ng1431
Birth and adaptive evolution of a hominoid gene that supports high neurotransmitter flux
&
Abstract
The enzyme glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) is important for recycling the chief excitatory neurotransmitter, glutamate, during neurotransmission. Human GDH exists in housekeeping and brain-specific isotypes encoded by the genes GLUD1 and GLUD2, respectively.
To read this article in full you may need to log in, make a payment or gain access through a site license (see right).
