Rules of engagement for NMDA receptor subunits

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 37, 2008, Pages 14163-14168

  Ulbrich, Maximilian H ^a   Isacoff, Ehud Y ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

NR3; Single molecule fluorescence; Subunit stoichiometry; Total internal reflection; Triheteromeric

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 1; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 3; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 3A; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 3B; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; FLUORESCENCE; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; STOICHIOMETRY;

ANIMALS; AXONS; FEMALE; GENES, REPORTER; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OOCYTES; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

MAMMALIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 52949144934     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0802075105     Document Type: Article

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