Pharmacological characterization of the homomeric and heteromeric UNC-49 GABA receptors in C. elegans

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 138, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 883-893

  Bamber, Bruce A ^a   Twyman, Roy E ^b,c   Jorgensen, Erik M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c RW Johnsons PRI   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; GABA A receptors; Nematodes; UNC 49

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BETA; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR GAMMA; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ALFAXALONE; BENZODIAZEPINE; BICUCULLINE; DIELDRIN; ELTANOLONE; NEUROSTEROID; PENICILLIN G; PENTOBARBITAL; PICROTOXIN; PROPOFOL; PROTEIN UNC 49; PROTEIN UNC 49B; PROTEIN UNC 49C; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; IC 50; INSECT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; XENOPUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; DIAZEPAM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0037352879     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0705119     Document Type: Article

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