Chicken GABA(A) receptor β4 subunits form robust homomeric GABA-gated channels in Xenopus oocytes

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 354, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 253-259

  Liu, Sin Chieh ^a   Parent, Lucie ^a   Harvey, Robert J ^b,c   Darlison, Mark G ^b   Barnes Jr , Eugene M ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

4 subunit, chicken; Allosteric modulation; GABA(A) receptor; Homomeric receptor; Xenopus oocyte

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; DACTINOMYCIN; DIAZEPAM; LORECLEZOLE; PENTOBARBITAL; PICROTOXININ; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ALLOSTERISM; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLTAGE CLAMP; XENOPUS;

ALLOSTERIC REGULATION; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION CHANNELS; OOCYTES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; XENOPUS;

EID: 0031664907     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(98)00453-1     Document Type: Article

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