Expression and characterization of the rat α4 β2 neuronal nicotinic cholinergic receptor in baculovirus-infected insect cells

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 350-354

  Wang, D X ^a   Abood, L G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

3H methylcarbamylcholine binding; baculovirus expression; insect cells; recombinant receptor

Indexed keywords

METHYLCARBACHOL; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

ALPHA CHAIN; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACULOVIRUS; BETA CHAIN; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCATCHARD PLOT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VIRUS EXPRESSION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; BACULOVIRIDAE; CARBACHOL; CELL LINE; CELL MEMBRANE; GENETIC VECTORS; KINETICS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; METHIONINE; NEURONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPODOPTERA; SULFUR RADIOISOTOPES; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0029925331     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(19960515)44:4<350::AID-JNR6>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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