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Bernd Sommer

Researcher at Novartis

Publications -  56
Citations -  12895

Bernd Sommer is an academic researcher from Novartis. The author has contributed to research in topics: Amyloid precursor protein & AMPA receptor. The author has an hindex of 35, co-authored 56 publications receiving 12499 citations. Previous affiliations of Bernd Sommer include Boehringer Ingelheim & Heidelberg University.

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RNA editing in brain controls a determinant of ion flow in glutamate-gated channels.

TL;DR: It is shown that the genomic DNA sequences encoding the particular channel segment of all subunits harbor a glutamine codon (CAG), even though an arginine codon is found in mRNAs of three subunits.
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A family of AMPA-selective glutamate receptors

TL;DR: Four cloned cDNAs encoding 900-amino acid putative glutamate receptors with approximately 70 percent sequence identity were isolated from a rat brain cDNA library and in situ hybridization revealed differential expression patterns of the cognate mRNAs throughout the brain.
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Flip and flop: a cell-specific functional switch in glutamate-operated channels of the CNS

TL;DR: These results identify a switch in the molecular and functional properties of glutamate receptors operated by alternative splicing.