A small cytoplasmic region adjacent to the fourth transmembrane segment of the α7 nicotinic receptor is essential for its biogenesis

FEBS Letters

Volumn 585, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 2477-2480

  Criado, Manuel ^a   Mulet, José ^a   Gerber, Susana ^a   Sala, Salvador ^a   Sala, Francisco ^a  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Helix; Cytoplasmic domain; Maturation; Membrane transport; Nicotinic receptor

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; PROLINE;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CYTOPLASM; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC;

EID: 79960901430     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: 18733468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2011.06.028     Document Type: Article

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