Functional α6-containing nicotinic receptors are present in chick retina

Molecular Pharmacology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 11-19

  Vailati, Silvia ^a   Hanke, Wolfgang ^b   Bejan, Andreea ^a   Barabino, Benedetta ^c   Longhi, Renato ^d   Balestra, Barbara ^a   Moretti, Milena ^a   Clementi, Francesco ^a   Gotti, Cecilia ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIMETHYL 4 PHENYLPIPERAZINIUM; ACETYLCHOLINE; CARBACHOL; CONOTOXIN; CYTISINE; EPIBATIDINE; METHONIUM DERIVATIVE; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; TRITIUM; ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; ISOTOPE LABELING; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; RETINA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; LIPID BILAYER; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OPTIC LOBE; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; CHICKENS; CORPORA QUADRIGEMINA; LIPID BILAYERS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; RETINA;

EID: 0032586861     PISSN: 0026895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/mol.56.1.11     Document Type: Article

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