Quantitative detection of μ opioid receptor: Western blot analyses using μ opioid receptor knockout mice

Current Neuropharmacology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 219-222

  Kasai, Shinya ^a   Yamamoto, Hideko ^a   Kamegaya, Etsuko ^a   Uhl, George R ^b   Sora, Ichiro ^c   Watanabe, Masahiko ^d   Ikeda, Kazutaka ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE   (United States)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

opioid receptor; Knockout mice; Quantification; Western blot analysis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; N38 ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CELL MEMBRANE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING; WILD TYPE;

EID: 79953043820     PISSN: 1570159X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157015911795016921     Document Type: Article

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