GABA(A) receptor ε and θ subunits display unusual structural variation between species and are enriched in the rat locus ceruleus

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 3588-3595

  Sinkkonen, Saku T ^a   Hanna, Michael C ^b   Kirkness, Ewen F ^b   Korpi, Esa R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain regional localization; Hypothalamus; Locus ceruleus; Rat GABA(A) receptor subunits; Subunit coexpression; Subunit sequence variation

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; MESSENGER RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LOCUS CERULEUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RAT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LOCUS COERULEUS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RATS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034656416     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-10-03588.2000     Document Type: Article

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