Rat nicotinic ACh receptor α7 and β2 subunits co-assemble to form functional heteromeric nicotinic receptor channels

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 540, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 425-434

  Khiroug, Serguei S ^a   Harkness, Patricia C ^b   Lamb, Patricia W ^a   Sudweeks, Sterling N ^a   Khiroug, Leonard ^a   Millar, Neil S ^b   Yakel, Jerrel L ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CARBACHOL; CHOLINE; NICOTINIC AGENT; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL LINE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMBRYO CELL; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; INTERNEURON; ION CURRENT; ISOMERISM; KIDNEY CELL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PHARMACOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; VOLTAGE CLAMP; WILD TYPE; XENOPUS;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; CARBACHOL; CHOLINE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; KINETICS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MUSCARINIC AGONISTS; OOCYTES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PRECIPITIN TESTS; RATS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSFECTION; XENOPUS;

EID: 0037092335     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2001.013847     Document Type: Article

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