Alternative RNA splicing of the NMDA receptor NR1 mRNA in the neurons of the teleost electrosensory system

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 14, 1998, Pages 5191-5202

  Bottai, Daniele ^a,d   Maler, Leonard ^b   Dunn, Robert J ^a,c  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electrosensory system; Evolution; Fish neurons; NMDA receptor; NR1 subunit; RNA splicing

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRIC FISH; EVOLUTION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SPLICING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TELEOST;

EID: 0032527598     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-14-05191.1998     Document Type: Article

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