Perspective: Determinants responsible for assembly of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 171-176

  Keller, Steven H ^a   Taylor, Palmer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; AMINO ACID;

ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GOLGI COMPLEX; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; GOLGI APPARATUS; HUMANS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC;

EID: 0033074405     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.113.2.171     Document Type: Review

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