Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 258, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 261-269

  Ballivet, Marc ^a   Alliod, Christine ^a   Bertrand, Sonia ^a   Bertrand, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Complementary DNA; Neurotransmitter gated channels; Nicotinic receptors

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALPHA BUNGAROTOXIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DIHYDRO BETA ERYTHROIDINE; LEVAMISOLE; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGENT; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; PYRANTEL; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL LINEAGE; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME 5; DROSOPHILA; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE STRUCTURE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0342716455     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0248     Document Type: Article

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