Structural determinants of channel conductance in fetal and adult rat muscle acetylcholine receptors

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 492, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 775-787

  Herlitze, S ^a   Villarroel, A ^a   Witzemann, V ^a   Koenen, M ^a   Sakmann, B ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; GLUTAMINE; ISOLEUCINE; LYSINE; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SERINE; THREONINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; FETUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; XENOPUS;

EID: 0029884125     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1996.sp021345     Document Type: Article

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