A modified acetylcholine receptor δ-subunit enables a null mutant to survive beyond sexual maturation

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 49, 2008, Pages 13223-13231

  Epley, Kimberly E ^a   Urban, Jason M ^b   Ikenaga, Takanori ^b   Ono, Fumihito ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine receptor; Fetal akinesia deformation sequence; Fluorescent protein; Neuromuscular junction; Synapse; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR DELTA; HYBRID PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; ACETYLCHOLINE; PHOTOPROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEATH; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; MOTONEURON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL MATURATION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRANSGENE; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LONGEVITY; MALE; METABOLISM; MUTATION; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION DISORDER; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; LONGEVITY; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MALE; MUTATION; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION DISEASES; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SEXUAL MATURATION; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRANSGENES; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 58149399382     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2814-08.2008     Document Type: Article

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