Mutation causing congenital myasthenia reveals acetylcholine receptor β/δ subunit interaction essential for assembly

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 104, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1403-1410

  Quiram, Polly A ^a   Ohno, Kinji ^a   Milone, Margherita ^a   Patterson, Marc C ^a   Pruitt, Ned J ^a   Brengman, Joan M ^a   Sine, Steven M ^a   Engel, Andrew G ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MYASTHENIA; NERVE ENDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032722151     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI8179     Document Type: Article

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