Functional characterization of human γ-aminobutyric acid(A) receptors containing the α4 subunit

Molecular Pharmacology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 670-678

  Wafford, K A ^a   Thompson, S A ^a   Thomas, D ^a   Sikela, J ^b   Wilcox, A S ^b   Whiting, P J ^a  

^a NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; PENTOBARBITAL; PROPOFOL; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; HUMAN; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR AFFINITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 4; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; GABA AGONISTS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; KINETICS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OOCYTES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VIRULENCE FACTORS, BORDETELLA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0029786719     PISSN: 0026895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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