Evoked acetylcholine release expressed in neuroblastoma cells by transfection of mediatophore cDNA

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1322-1325

  Falk Vairant, J ^a   Correges P ^a   Eder Colli, L ^a   Salem, N ^a   Meunier, F M ^b   Lesbats, B ^b   Loctin, F ^a   Synguelakis, M ^b   Israel M ^b   Dunant, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

cDNA transfection; Glioma C6 Bu 1 cells; Mediatophore; Neuroblastoma N18TG 2 cells; Quantal transmitter release

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MEDIATOPHORE;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 13344277353     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1996.66031322.x     Document Type: Article

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