Characterization of a nicotinic acetylcholine receptor from the insect Manduca sexta

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 879-889

  Eastham, Helen M ^a   Lind, Robert J ^a   Eastlake, Jane L ^a   Clarke, Barry S ^a   Towner, Paul ^a,b   Reynolds, Stuart E ^a   Wolstenholme, Adrian J ^a   Wonnacott, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bungarotoxin; 125I bungarotoxin binding sites; Epibatidine; Imidacloprid; Nicotine; Nicotinic subunit; Tobacco Hornworm

Indexed keywords

ALPHA BUNGAROTOXIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; EPIBATIDINE; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SEQUENCE; LEPIDOPTERA; LIGAND BINDING; LOCUST; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RECEPTOR BINDING;

AGING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BICYCLO COMPOUNDS, HETEROCYCLIC; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BUNGAROTOXINS; CELL MEMBRANE; CHOLINERGIC AGENTS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA; LARVA; MANDUCA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTOR NEURONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PYRIDINES; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC;

EID: 0031903587     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1998.00095.x     Document Type: Article

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