Molecular analysis of AMPA-specific receptors: Subunit composition, editing, and calcium influx determination in small amounts of tissue

Brain Research Protocols

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 142-154

  Lee, J C ^a   Greig, A ^a   Ravindranathan, A ^a   Parks, T N ^a   Rao, M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

AMPA receptor; Co2+ uptake; Editing; Glutamate; RT PCR; Splicing; Subunit

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; AMPA RECEPTOR; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION; COBALT; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYCLOTHIAZIDE; GLUTAMIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; SPIDER VENOM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CALCIUM; CHICK EMBRYO; COBALT; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, AMPA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SPLICING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 0031732680     PISSN: 1385299X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-299X(98)00035-X     Document Type: Article

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