Rapsyn variants in ciliary ganglia and their possible effects on clustering of nicotinic receptors

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1399-1408

  Conroy, William G ^a   Berg, Darwin K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

7; Ciliary ganglia; Neurons; Nicotinic receptor; Rapsyn

Indexed keywords

NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RAPSYN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHICK EMBRYO; CILIARY GANGLION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; NONHUMAN; PECTORAL MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICK EMBRYO; EXONS; GANGLIA, PARASYMPATHETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE DELETION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0032824030     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1999.0731399.x     Document Type: Article

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