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Cloning of a putative neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit.

Authors: Isenberg, KE  Meyer, GE 
Citation: Isenberg KE and Meyer GE, J Neurochem 1989 Mar;52(3):988-91.
RGD ID: 727601
Pubmed: PMID:2918319   (View Abstract at PubMed)

A cDNA clone was isolated from a rat superior cervical ganglion cDNA library with an oligonucleotide that hybridized to muscle-like nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) subunit cDNA. The deduced amino acid sequence possesses characteristics expected of a nAChR subunit that does not bind acetylcholine, in addition to distinctive features such as unique cysteine residues and N-linked glycosylation sites.

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Gene Chrnb4 cholinergic receptor nicotinic beta 4 subunit Rattus norvegicus

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