The C.elegans ric-3 gene is required for maturation of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

EMBO Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1012-1020

  Halevi, Sarah ^a   McKay, Jim ^a   Palfreyman, Mark ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Biogenesis; Caenorhabditis elegans; Ion channel; Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; GENE PRODUCT; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; ION CHANNEL; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; PROTEIN RIC 3; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; MALE; MUSCLE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RAT; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ACETYLCHOLINE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL DEATH; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENES, HELMINTH; LEVAMISOLE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; OOCYTES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RATS; RECEPTORS, GABA; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0036500785     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/21.5.1012     Document Type: Article

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