Clustering of GABA(A) receptors by rapsyn/43kD protein in vitro

Molecular and Cellular Neurosciences

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 430-438

  Yang, Shi Hong ^a   Armson, Paul F ^a   Cha, Jeon ^a   Phillips, William D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; ION CHANNEL; PROTEIN; RAPSYN; SODIUM CHANNEL; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; MUSCLE PROTEIN; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; PERIPHERAL MEMBRANE PROTEIN 43K;

ARTICLE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CAPPING PHENOMENON; CELL LINE; FIBROBLAST; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; QUAIL;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL LINE; FIBROBLASTS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; MICE; MUSCLE PROTEINS; QUAIL; RECEPTOR AGGREGATION; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0030626502     PISSN: 10447431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mcne.1997.0597     Document Type: Article

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