Pharmacological Properties of α9α10 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Revealed by Heterologous Expression of Subunit Chimeras

Molecular Pharmacology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 453-460

  Baker, Elizabeth R ^a   Zwart, Ruud ^b   Sher, Emanuele ^b   Millar, Neil S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ACONITINE; ALPHA10 ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR, RAT; ALPHA10 NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR; ALPHA9 ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR; ALPHA9 NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR; ATROPINE; BICUCULLINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; METHYLLYCACONITINE; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; RECOMBINANT RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 3 RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 3A RECEPTOR; STRYCHNINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HAIR CELL; HUMAN; INNER EAR; LIGAND BINDING; MEMBRANE ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ACONITINE; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CHIMERA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MICE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RATS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 1642457187     PISSN: 0026895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/mol.65.2.453     Document Type: Article

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