The use of Xenopus laevis oocytes for the functional characterization of heterologously expressed membrane proteins

Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 10, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 1-12

  Wagner, Carsten A ^a   Friedrich, Björn ^a   Setiawan, Iwan ^a   Lang, Florian ^a   Bröer, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Membrane proteins; Oocyte physiology; Review; Voltage clamp; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY RNA; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; ION SELECTIVE ELECTRODE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; VOLTAGE CLAMP; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MESSENGER RNA SYNTHESIS; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; XENOPUS (GENUS); XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0034008744     PISSN: 10158987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000016341     Document Type: Review

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