Cloning, expression and electrophysiological characterization of glycine receptor alpha subunit from zebrafish

Neuroscience

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 303-317

  David Watine, B ^a   Goblet, C ^a   De Saint Jan, D ^a   Fucile, S ^a   Devignot, V ^a   Bregestovski, P ^a   Korn, H ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

GABA; Glycine receptor; Oocyte expression; Receptor phylogeny; Taurine; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE RECEPTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZEBRA FISH;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, GLYCINE; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 0033018543     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(98)00430-8     Document Type: Article

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