The long internal loop of the α3 subunit targets nAChRs to subdomains within individual synapses on neurons in vivo

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 1, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 557-562

  Williams, Brian M ^a   Temburni, Murali Krishna ^a   Levey, Marjory Schwartz ^a,c   Bertrand, Sonia ^b   Bertrand, Daniel ^b   Jacob, Michele H ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA-BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR; BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHICK EMBRYO; CHIMERA; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE TARGETING; GENE TRANSFER; GENETICS; INTERNEURON; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; OOCYTE; PARASYMPATHETIC GANGLION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SYNAPSE; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; CHIMERA; FEMALE; GANGLIA, PARASYMPATHETIC; GENE TARGETING; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; INTERNEURONS; NEURONS; OOCYTES; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SYNAPSES; XENOPUS;

EID: 0032198234     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/2792     Document Type: Article

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