Subunit mutations affect ethanol actions on GABA(A) receptors expressed in Xenopus oocytes

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 377-382

  Ueno, Susumu ^a   Wick, Marilee J ^b,c   Ye, Qing ^d   Harrison, Neil L ^d   Harris, R Adron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethanol; GABA(A) receptor; Mutation; Xenopus oocytes

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ALCOHOL; MUTANT PROTEIN; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; RECEPTOR SENSITIVITY; VOLTAGE CLAMP; XENOPUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OOCYTES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; XENOPUS;

EID: 0033018069     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0702563     Document Type: Article

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