Stoichiometry and pharmacology of two human α4Β2 nicotinic receptor types

Journal of Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 95-96

  Moroni, Mirko ^a   Bermudez, Isabel ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICOTINIC RECEPTOR ALPHA 4 BETA 2; RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STOICHIOMETRY; VOLTAGE CLAMP; XENOPUS;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KINETICS; OOCYTES; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TRANSFECTION; XENOPUS;

EID: 33845940861     PISSN: 08958696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/JMN:30:1:95     Document Type: Conference Paper

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