The short splice variant of the γ2 subunit acts as an external modulator of GABAA receptor function

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 4895-4903

  Boileau, Andrew J ^a,b   Pearce, Robert A ^c   Czajkowski, Cynthia ^b  

^a PONCE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ION CHANNEL; POLYPEPTIDE; SERINE; VOLTAGE GATED CHANNEL FORMING PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PEPTIDES; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RATS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SERINE;

EID: 77950611091     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5039-09.2010     Document Type: Article

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