Desensitization contributes to the synaptic response of gain-of-function mutants of the muscle nicotinic receptor

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 128, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 615-627

  Elenes, Sergio ^a,b   Ni, Ying ^a   Cymes, Gisela D ^a   Grosman, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COLIMA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; MUTANT PROTEIN; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESENSITIZATION; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MATHEMATICS; MICE; MUSCLES; MUTATION; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 33750530190     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: 00221295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.200609570     Document Type: Article

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