Evaluating the suitability of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor antibodies for standard immunodetection procedures

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 479-492

  Moser, N ^a   Mechawar, N ^b,k   Jones, I ^c   Gochberg Sarver, A ^d,e   Orr Urtreger, A ^d,e   Plomann, M ^a   Salas, R ^f   Molles, B ^b   Marubio, L ^g,m   Roth, U ^a,l   Maskos, U ^b   Winzer Serhan, U ^h   Bourgeois, J P ^b   Le Sourd, A M ^b   De Biasi, M ^f   Schroder H ^a   Lindstrom, J ⁱ   Maelicke, A ^j,n   Changeux, J P ^b   Wevers, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^d TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^f BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^h TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^j JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^k MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^l QIAGEN GMBH   (Germany)

^m Division of Cancer Medicine   (United States)

ⁿ Galantos Pharma GmbH   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Antibody specificity testing; Brain; Immunohistochemistry; Knock out mice; Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor; Western blotting

Indexed keywords

NICOTINIC RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENOTYPE; IMMUNODETECTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE PREPARATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; WILD TYPE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIBODIES; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BUNGAROTOXINS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEURONS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

MUS;

EID: 34347241377     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2007.04498.x     Document Type: Article

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