Expression of a neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor in insect and mammalian host cell systems

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 171-180

  Aztiria, E M ^a   Sogayar, M C ^b   Barrantes, F J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquimicas Bahia Blanca   (Argentina)

Author keywords

7; Central nervous system; Heterologous expression; Host cell systems; Protein expression system; Transcript expression

Indexed keywords

ALPHA BUNGAROTOXIN; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; HOST CELL; INSECT; LEPIDOPTERA; MAMMAL; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NEURAL CREST; NONHUMAN; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RAT; SOMATIC CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

3T3 CELLS; ANIMALS; BACULOVIRIDAE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BUNGAROTOXINS; CELL LINE; GENE EXPRESSION; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MICE; PC12 CELLS; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; RATS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SPODOPTERA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

ANIMALIA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MAMMALIA; SPODOPTERA FRUGIPERDA;

EID: 0033968763     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007512121082     Document Type: Article

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