The Gα protein G(L2)α improves the ability to detect the subthreshold expressions of receptors linked to phospholipase C in Xenopus oocytes

Japanese Journal of Physiology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 67-72

  Yamashita, Satoko ^a   Minakami, Reiko ^a   Sugiyama, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acetytcholine receptor; Chimera; Glutamate receptor; Oocyte; Phospholipase C

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CHIMERIC PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; PHOSPHOLIPASE C;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; RNA TRANSPORT; TECHNIQUE; XENOPUS;

EID: 0030925182     PISSN: 0021521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2170/jjphysiol.47.67     Document Type: Article

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