Preferential coassembly of α4 and δ subunits of the γ-aminobutyric acid(A) receptor in rat thalamus

Molecular Pharmacology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 110-115

  Sur, Cyrille ^a   Farrar, Sophie J ^a   Kerby, Julie ^a   Whiting, Paul J ^a   Atack, John R ^a   McKernan, Ruth M ^a  

^a NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR; DIAZEPAM; MUSCIMOL; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; 8 AZIDO 5,6 DIHYDRO 5 METHYL 6 OXO 4H IMIDAZO[1,5 A][1,4]BENZODIAZEPINE 3 CARBOXYLIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ANTIBODY; AZIDE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; TRITIUM;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY; THALAMUS; AFFINITY LABELING; ANIMAL; BINDING COMPETITION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM;

AFFINITY LABELS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; AZIDES; BENZODIAZEPINES; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CELLS, CULTURED; HUMANS; RATS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; THALAMUS; TRITIUM;

EID: 0032586863     PISSN: 0026895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/mol.56.1.110     Document Type: Article

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