Manipulating proteins for neuroscience

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 585-592

  Parrish, Angela R ^a   Wang, Wenyuan ^a   Wang, Lei ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CATION CHANNEL; CHANNELRHODOPSIN 2; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMIC ACID; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTION POTENTIAL; BEHAVIOR; BIOSENSOR; CELL POLARITY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; NEURONS; NEUROSCIENCES; PROTEINS;

EID: 33749187361     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2006.08.004     Document Type: Review

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