Identification of residues within GABA(A) receptor subunits that mediate specific assembly with receptor β subunits

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1297-1306

  Taylor, Pamela M ^a   Connolly, Christopher N ^a   Kittler, Josef T ^a   Gorrie, George H ^a   Hosie, Alistair ^b   Smart, Trevor G ^b   Moss, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

subunit; Assembly; Cell surface expression; GABA(A) receptor; N terminal; Oligomerization

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; PENTOBARBITAL; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; EMBRYO; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CELL LINE; CELL MEMBRANE; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PENTOBARBITAL; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRANSFECTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0034652105     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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