Comparative structure of human neuronal α2-α7 and β2-β4 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunits and functional expression of the α2, α3, α4, α7, β2, and β4 subunits

Journal of Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 217-228

  Elliott, Kathryn J ^a   Ellis, Steven B ^a   Berckhan, Kelly J ^a   Urrutia, Arturo ^a   Chavez Noriega, Laura E ^a   Johnson, Edwin C ^a   Veliçelebi, Gönül ^a   Harpold, Michael M ^a  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Human; Ligand gated ion channel; Molecular cloning; Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENE LIBRARY; HUMAN; MACROMOLECULE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NERVE CELL; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ACETYLCHOLINE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; GENE LIBRARY; HUMANS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURONS; OOCYTES; RATS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0030226911     PISSN: 08958696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02736842     Document Type: Article

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