The intracellular domain of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor α subunit mediates its coclustering with rapsyn

Molecular and Cellular Neurosciences

Volumn 14, Issue 4-5, 1999, Pages 340-354

  Maimone, Margaret M ^a   Enigk, Rebecca E ^a  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; RAPSYN; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROBLAST; MUSCLE CELL; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032752913     PISSN: 10447431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mcne.1999.0779     Document Type: Article

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