Postsynaptic clustering of major GABAA receptor subtypes requires the γ2 subunit and gephyrin

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 1, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 563-571

  Essrich, Christian ^a   Lorez, Matthias ^a   Benson, Jack A ^a   Fritschy, Jean Marc ^a   Lüscher, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; CARRIER PROTEIN; GEPHYRIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAPPING PHENOMENON; CELL CULTURE; CHIMERA; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ISOMERISM; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHIMERA; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ISOMERISM; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; NEURONS; RECEPTOR AGGREGATION; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SYNAPSES;

EID: 33644665247     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/2798     Document Type: Article

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