Functional characterization and visualization of a GABA(A) receptor-GFP chimera expressed in Xenopus oocytes

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 165-177

  Bueno, Orlando F ^a   Robinson, Lucy C ^a   Alvarez Hernandez, Xavier ^a   Leidenheimer, Nancy J ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

GABA(A) receptor; GFP; Xenopus oocytes

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANTIBODY; CHIMERIC PROTEIN; CHLORIDE ION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GUANOSINE 5' O (3 THIOTRIPHOSPHATE); GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE DERIVATIVE; ION CHANNEL; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR;

ALLOSTERISM; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHLORIDE CURRENT; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; INTERNALIZATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; XENOPUS;

ANESTHETICS; ANIMALS; BICUCULLINE; CELL MEMBRANE; DESOXYCORTICOSTERONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GABA MODULATORS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; GUANOSINE 5'-O-(3-THIOTRIPHOSPHATE); INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; ION CHANNEL GATING; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDAZOLAM; OOCYTES; PENTOBARBITAL; PICROTOXIN; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032585011     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(98)00129-6     Document Type: Article

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