Dα3, a new functional α subunit of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors from Drosophila

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 853-862

  Schulz, R ^a   Sawruk, E ^b,c   Mulhardt C ^d,f   Bertrand, S ^e   Baumann, A ^d,g   Phannavong, B ^a,d   Betz, H ^b,c   Bertrand, D ^e   Gundelfinger, E D ^a,d   Schmitt, B ^b,c  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^g FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

cDNA cloning; Functional expression; Gene structure; Insect; Ligand binding subunit; nAcRalpha 7E gene; Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor; Xenopus oocyte

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALPHA BUNGAROTOXIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR D ALPHA 3; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT, DROSOPHILA; ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR ALPHA-SUBUNIT, DROSOPHILA; MESSENGER RNA; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR SUBUNIT ALPHA3;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; X CHROMOSOME; XENOPUS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CHICKEN; CHROMOSOME MAP; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; INSECTA; SERPENTES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHICKENS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DROSOPHILA; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OOCYTES; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; XENOPUS;

EID: 0031595285     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1998.71020853.x     Document Type: Article

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