Detection of functional nicotinic receptors blocked by α-bungarotoxin on PC12 cells and dependence of their expression on post-translational events

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 6094-6104

  Blumenthal, Edward M ^a,b   Conroy, William G ^a   Romano, Suzanne J ^a,c   Kassner, Paul D ^a   Berg, Darwin K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c Ontogen Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine receptors; Neuronal; Nicotinic; PC12 cells; bungarotoxin; 7 gene product; 7 subunits

Indexed keywords

ALPHA BUNGAROTOXIN; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ACETYLCHOLINE BRAIN LEVEL; ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN PROCESSING;

EID: 0030758521     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-16-06094.1997     Document Type: Article

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