Characterisation of insect nicotinic acetylcholine receptors by heterologous expression

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 683, Issue , 2010, Pages 65-73

  Millar, Neil S ^a   Lansdell, Stuart J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA BUNGAROTOXIN; CHAPERONE; HYBRID PROTEIN; IMIDACLOPRID; INSECTICIDE; NEONICOTINOID INSECTICIDE; NEREISTOXIN; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR CF ALPHA1; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR CF ALPHA3; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR D ALPHA1; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR D ALPHA2; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR D ALPHA3; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR D ALPHA4; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR D ALPHA6; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR D ALPHA7; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR D BETA1; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR D BETA2; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR D BETA3; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR MP ALPHA1; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR MP ALPHA2; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR MP ALPHA3; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR MP BETA1; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR NL ALPHA1; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR NL ALPHA2; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR NL ALPHA3; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR SG ALPHA1; PROTEIN RIC 3; TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

CHIMERA; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; INSECT; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVIEW; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TOXIN ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY;

HEXAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; INSECTS; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 79958073775     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-6445-8_6     Document Type: Review

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