Chick ciliary ganglion neurons contain transcripts coding for acetylcholine receptor-associated protein at synapses (rapsyn)

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 5016-5026

  Burns, Aime L ^a   Benson, Deanna ^a   Howard, Marthe J ^b   Margiotta, Joseph F ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

43 kDa protein; Clustering; mRNA transcripts; Neuronal AChR; Rapsyn; Synapse

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CILIARY GANGLION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030902408     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-13-05016.1997     Document Type: Article

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