The Caenorhabditis elegans lev-8 gene encodes a novel type of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor α subunit

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-9

  Towers, Paula R ^a   Edwards, Ben ^a   Richmond, Janet E ^b   Sattelle, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

ACR 13 subunit; Caenorhabditis elegans; Egg laying behaviour; lev 8 gene; Levamisole resistance; Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LEVAMISOLE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR ALPHA; PROTEIN LEV8; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BINDING SITE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EGG LAYING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOTONEURON; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARALYSIS; PHARYNX; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MOTIF; STOP CODON;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BICYCLO COMPOUNDS, HETEROCYCLIC; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BODY SIZE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMICS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LEVAMISOLE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLES; MUTATION; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NEURONS; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; PHARYNX; PHENOTYPE; PYRIDINES; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; REPRODUCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSGENES;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 16244363996     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2004.02951.x     Document Type: Article

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