Investigating the role of protein folding and assembly in cell-type dependent expression of α7 nicotinic receptors using a green fluorescent protein chimera

Brain Research

Volumn 1259, Issue , 2009, Pages 7-16

  Lee, H K ^a   Gwalani, L ^a   Mishra, V ^a   Anandjiwala, P ^a   Sala, F ^b   Sala, S ^b   Ballesta, J J ^b   O'Malley, D ^a   Criado, M ^b   Loring, R H ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alpha bungarotoxin binding; Alpha7 nicotinic subunit; Cell dependent expression; Fluorescent protein; GFP; Multimeric protein assembly

Indexed keywords

ALPHA BUNGAROTOXIN; BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRAIN HEK293; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CELL LINE; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; OOCYTES; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RATS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRANSFECTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

RATTUS;

EID: 61549108293     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.01.046     Document Type: Article

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