Neuronal nicotinic receptor β2 and β4 subunits confer large differences in agonist binding affinity

Molecular Pharmacology

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1132-1139

  Parker, Michael J ^a   Beck, Avi ^a   Luetje, Charles W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIMETHYL 4 PHENYLPIPERAZINIUM; ACETYLCHOLINE; ANABASINE; CARBACHOL; CURARE; CYTISINE; EPIBATIDINE; LOBELINE; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGENT; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING COMPETITION; BINDING SITE; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0032438649     PISSN: 0026895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/mol.54.6.1132     Document Type: Article

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