Cloning and functional characterisation of two novel nicotinic acetylcholine receptor α subunits from the insect pest Myzus persicae

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 903-912

  Sgard, F ^a,c   Fraser, S P ^b   Katkowska, M J ^b,d   Djamgoz, M B A ^b   Dunbar, S J ^a   Windass, J D ^a  

^a JEALOTT S HILL RESEARCH STATION   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c SANOFI   (France)

^d NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine receptors; cDNA cloning; Invertebrate; Nervous system; Xenopus oocyte; subunits

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; DROSOPHILA; INSECT; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; XENOPUS;

APHIDIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; MYZUS; MYZUS PERSICAE; PRUNUS PERSICA; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0031846034     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1998.71030903.x     Document Type: Article

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