Sub-millisecond ligand probing of cell receptors with multiple solution exchange

Nature Protocols

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1299-1306

  Sylantyev, Sergiy ^a   Rusakov, Dmitri A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; LIGAND; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CELL ACTIVATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MICROELECTRODE; MICROFILAMENT; MICROPIPETTE; MOLECULAR PROBE; PATCH CLAMP; PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; VELOCITY; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MICROTECHNOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PATCH CLAMP TECHNIQUE; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY;

CALIBRATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GABA ANTAGONISTS; KINETICS; LIGANDS; MICROTECHNOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84879326593     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2013.075     Document Type: Article

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