Expression of the putative vesicular acetylcholine transporter in rat brain and localization in cholinergic synaptic vesicles

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2179-2190

  Gilmor, Michelle L ^a   Nash, Norman R ^b   Roghani, Ali ^c   Edwards, Robert H ^d   Yi, Hong ^b   Hersch, Steven M ^b   Levey, Allan I ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

antibodies; cholinergic; presynaptic; synaptic vesicles; transporters; vesicular acetylcholine transporter

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CARRIER PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN HOMOGENATE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSFECTION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HELA CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SYNAPSE VESICLE;

EID: 0030009912     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-07-02179.1996     Document Type: Article

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