Lophotoxin-insensitive nematode nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 199, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2161-2168

  Tornøe, Camilla ^a   Holden Dye, Lindy ^b   Garland, Catherine ^b   Abramson, Stewart N ^c   Fleming, John T ^a   Sattelle, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascaris suum; bipinnatin B; Caenorhabditis elegans; lophotoxins; nicotinic acetylcholine receptor

Indexed keywords

BIPINNATIN B; LOPHOTOXIN; MECAMYLAMINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; SESQUITERPENE; TERPENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ASCARIS SUUM; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHEMISTRY; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; MUSCLE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ASCARIS SUUM; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; MECAMYLAMINE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLES; NICOTINIC ANTAGONISTS; OOCYTES; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SESQUITERPENES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TERPENES; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; ASCARIS; ASCARIS SUUM; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; TORPEDO CALIFORNICA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0030267799     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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