Functional properties of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunits expressed in various combinations

T Kurosaki, K Fukuda, T Konno, Y Mori, K Tanaka… - FEBS letters, 1987 - Elsevier
The four kinds of subunits of the Torpedo californica nicotinic acetylcholine receptor have
been produced in various combinations by injecting Xenopus oocytes with the …

Structural features of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor revealed by antibodies to synthetic peptides

M Ratnam, J Lindstrom - Biochemical and biophysical research …, 1984 - Elsevier
Antibodies were raised to the amino-and car☐ y-terminal decapeptides of Torpedo
californica acetylcholine receptor. Structural studies of the native receptor using the …

Structural localization of the sequence α235–242 of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor

M Criado, V Sarin, JL Fox, J Lindstrom - Biochemical and biophysical …, 1985 - Elsevier
Two monoclonal antibodies (mAb 254 and 255) were obtained against a synthetic peptide
corresponding to the sequence 235–242 of the α-subunit of Torpedo acetylcholine receptor …

[HTML][HTML] Assembly of mutant subunits of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor lacking the conserved disulfide loop structure.

K Sumikawa, VM Gehle - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 1992 - Elsevier
Each subunit of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (AChR) contains two conserved cysteine
residues, which are known to form a disulfide bond, in the N-terminal extracellular domain …

Expression of functional acetylcholine receptor from cloned cDNAs

M Mishina, T Kurosaki, T Tobimatsu, Y Morimoto… - Nature, 1984 - nature.com
The cloned cDNAs encoding the four subunits of the Torpedo californica acetylcholine
receptor, each carried by a simian virus 40 vector, direct the synthesis of the functional …

Location of antigenic determinants of primary sequences of the subunits of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor by peptide mapping

M Ratnam, PB Sargent, V Sarin, JL Fox, ND Le… - Biochemistry, 1986 - ACS Publications
Revised Manuscript Received December 10, 1985 abstract: The binding domains of 28
monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) against the a, 0, and 8 subunits of the Torpedo acetylcholine …

Structural heterogeneity of the. alpha. subunits of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor in relation to agonist affinity alkylation and antagonist binding

M Ratnam, W Gullick, J Spiess, K Wan, M Criado… - Biochemistry, 1986 - ACS Publications
Revised Manuscript Received March 21, 1986 abstract: The structural basis for the
heterogeneity of the two agonist binding sites of the Torpedo californica acetylcholine …

Effects of substitution of putative transmembrane segments on nicotinic acetylcholine receptor function

T Tobimatsu, Y Fujita, K Fukuda, K Tanaka, Y Mori… - FEBS letters, 1987 - Elsevier
Mutants of the Torpedo nicotinic acetylcholine receptor in which each of the putative
transmembrane segments of the α-subunit is replaced by the hydrophobic transmembrane …

[HTML][HTML] Location of ligand-binding sites on the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor alpha-subunit.

SE Pedersen, EB Dreyer, JB Cohen - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 1986 - Elsevier
The portions of the Torpedo californica nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (AChR) alpha-
subunit that contribute to the allosteric antagonist-binding site and to the agonist-binding site …

Structure linkage, and sequence of the two genes encoding the delta and gamma subunits of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor.

P Nef, A Mauron, R Stalder, C Alliod… - Proceedings of the …, 1984 - National Acad Sciences
We have cloned and sequenced a fragment of the chicken genome approximately 9
kilobases in length that comprises the genes encoding the delta and gamma subunits of the …