Pharmacology of the human γ-aminobutyric acid(A) receptor α4 subunit expressed in Xenopus laevis oocytes

Molecular Pharmacology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1364-1375

  Whittemore, E R ^a   Yang, W ^a   Drewe, J A ^a   Woodward, R M ^a  

^a Department of Pharmacokinetics and Drug Metabolism   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; 8 AZIDO 5,6 DIHYDRO 5 METHYL 6 OXO 4H IMIDAZO[1,5 A][1,4]BENZODIAZEPINE 3 CARBOXYLIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; BRETAZENIL; DIAZEPAM; FLUMAZENIL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; BENZODIAZEPINES; BINDING SITES; DIAZEPAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLUMAZENIL; GABA AGONISTS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GABA MODULATORS; HUMANS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; PENTOBARBITAL; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

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