Partial cDNAs for each of the four known N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor 2 (NMDAR2A-D) subunits have been cloned from the brain of A. leptorhynchus and are found to display a high degree of sequence homology (83--78% amino acid identity) to their mammalian homologues. In situ hybridization experiments reveal that each transcript has a distinct expression pattern in the apteronotid central nervous system (CNS) and is present in a "mosaic" distribution within important cell types of the electrosensory lateral line lobe (ELL). Apt. NMDAR2A transcript is expressed in forebrain regions as well as throughout the pyramidal cell layer (PCL) and granule cell layer (GCL) of the ELL. Apt. NMDAR2B mRNA is enriched in mid- and forebrain structures as well as the PCL and GCL of the ELL. Apt. NMDAR2C transcript is largely restricted to cerebellar regions but is also found in the PCL and GCL of the ELL's medial, centromedial, and centrolateral segments. Apt. NMDAR2D mRNA is expressed in sites of cell proliferation and in a segmental gradient within granule cells of the ELL.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.30376 |
| Date | January 1999 |
| Creators | Finn, Richard James. |
| Contributors | Dunn, R. J. (advisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Science (Department of Biology.) |
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| Relation | alephsysno: 001746299, proquestno: MQ64352, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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