Book chapter
Molluscan ligand-gated ion-channel receptors
Comparative Molecular Neurobiology. EXS, Volume 63, pp.48-64
Birkhaeuser Verlag AG
1993
Abstract
In this chapter we introduce the reader to the structures of the different types of ligand-gated ion-channel receptor, and the numerous receptor subtypes that have recently been revealed to exist, in both invertebrate and vertebrate species, by the application of molecular biological methods. We then review some of the data in support of the existence, in molluscs, of such receptor/channel complexes for γ-aminobutyric acid, glutamate and acetylcholine. Finally, recent results from our laboratory on the cloning and expression of complementary DNAs, from the pond-snail Lymnaea stagnalis, that encode GABAA and glutamate receptor subunits will be described.
Details
- Title
- Molluscan ligand-gated ion-channel receptors
- Authors
- M G Darlison (Author) - Universität Hamburg, GermanyM L Hutton (Author) - MRC Centre, United KingdomRobert J Harvey (Author) - Universität Hamburg, Germany
- Contributors
- Y Pichon (Editor)
- Publication details
- Comparative Molecular Neurobiology. EXS, Volume 63, pp.48-64
- Publisher
- Birkhaeuser Verlag AG
- Date published
- 1993
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-0348-7265-2_3
- ISBN
- 9783034872652
- Organisation Unit
- School of Health; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Health and Sport Sciences - Legacy; Centre for Bioinnovation; School of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Legacy
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99451042202621
- Output Type
- Book chapter
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