Incomplete incorporation of tandem subunits in recombinant neuronal nicotinic receptors

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 123, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 697-708

  Groot Kormelink, Paul J ^a   Broadbent, Steven D ^a   Boorman, James P ^a,b   Sivilotti, Lucia G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Ion channels; Oocytes; Reporter mutation approach; Two electrode voltage clamp

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; GLUTAMINE; ION CHANNEL; MONOMER; MUTANT PROTEIN; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ACCURACY; ALPHA CHAIN; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; TANDEM REPEAT; VALIDATION PROCESS; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DIMERIZATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GENES, REPORTER; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; NEURONS; OOCYTES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TRANSFECTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 2942654670     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.200409042     Document Type: Article

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