Techniques: Use of concatenated subunits for the study of ligand-gated ion channels

Trends in Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 499-503

  Minier, Frédéric ^a   Sigel, Erwin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; 4 PIPERIDINESULFONIC ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DIAZEPAM; FUROSEMIDE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; METHANETHIOSULFONATE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 3 RECEPTOR; SODIUM; SODIUM CHANNEL; THIOSULFINIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ALPHA CHAIN; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BETA CHAIN; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COVALENT BOND; EPILEPSY; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; GRANULE CELL; HUMAN; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WESTERN BLOTTING; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; DNA, CONCATENATED; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION CHANNELS; LIGANDS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A;

EID: 4344568965     PISSN: 01656147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tips.2004.07.005     Document Type: Review

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