Characterization of the DEG-3/DES-2 receptor: A nicotinic acetylcholine receptor that mutates to cause neuronal degeneration

Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 589-599

  Yassin, Lina ^a   Gillo, Boaz ^a   Kahan, Tamar ^a   Halevi, Sarah ^a   Eshel, Margalit ^a   Treinin, Millet ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATION CHANNEL; CHOLINE; DEG 3 RECEPTOR; DES 2 RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; MUTATION; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SENSORY NERVE CELL;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0035073421     PISSN: 10447431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mcne.2000.0944     Document Type: Article

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