Chick optic lobe contains a developmentally regulated α2α5β2 nicotinic receptor subtype

Molecular Pharmacology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 300-311

  Balestra, Barbara ^a   Vailati, Silvia ^a   Moretti, Milena ^a   Hanke, Wolfang ^b   Clementi, Francesco ^a   Gotti, Cecilia ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; EPIBATIDINE; NICOTINIC AGENT; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; TUBOCURARINE CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHICKEN; DESENSITIZATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; OPTIC LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RECEPTOR BINDING; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; VERTEBRATE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0033916192     PISSN: 0026895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/mol.58.2.300     Document Type: Article

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