The human glycine receptor β subunit: Primary structure, functional characterisation and chromosomal localisation of the human and murine genes

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 211-219

  Handford, Cheryl A ^a   Lynch, Joseph W ^a   Baker, Elizabeth ^b   Webb, Graham C ^c   Ford, Judith H ^c   Sutherland, Grant R ^b   Schofield, Peter R ^a  

^a GARVAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chromosomal localization; Glycine receptor; Human; Ligand gated ion channel receptor; Molecular cloning; Spastic mouse

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE RECEPTOR; PICROTOXIN; PICROTOXININ; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; STRYCHNINE; TRITIUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME 3; CHROMOSOME 4Q; DNA LIBRARY; EMBRYO; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

MURINAE; STRYCHNOS TOXIFERA; TRITIUM;

EID: 0030049370     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-328X(95)00218-H     Document Type: Article

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