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Structural, Developmental and Functional Heterogeneity of Rat GABAA Receptors

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Neuroreceptor Mechanisms in Brain

Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology ((AEMB,volume 287))

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My laboratory has had a long interest in multigene families, starting with our earlier work on the developmental regulation of hemoglobin switching. I have especially been impressed both by the number of multigene families in the vertebrate genome and by their widespread developmental regulation, as exemplified by switching within the globin gene families. Even the lamprey, whose adult hemoglobin, unlike those of higher vertebrates, contains only one type of globin chain, has different forms in its larval and adult stages.

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  1. Michel Khrestchatisky

    Present address: Unite INSERM 29, 123 Boulevard de Port Royal, 75014, Paris, France

  2. A. John MacLennan

    Present address: Department of Neuroscience, J.H. Miller Health Center, University of Florida College of Medicine, Box J-244, Gainesville, Florida, 32610, USA

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90024, USA

    Allan J. Tobin, Michel Khrestchatisky, A. John MacLennan, Ming-Yi Chiang, Niranjala J. K. Tillakaratne, Wentao Xu & Meyer B. Jackson

  2. Brain Research Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90024, USA

    Allan J. Tobin, Meyer B. Jackson, Nicholas Brecha & Richard W. Olsen

  3. Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90024, USA

    Allan J. Tobin

  4. Department of Anatomy, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90024, USA

    Nicholas Brecha

  5. Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90024, USA

    Catia Sternini

  6. Department of Pharmacology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90024, USA

    Richard W. Olsen

  7. Center for Ulcer Research, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, 90073, USA

    Nicholas Brecha & Catia Sternini

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  1. Division of Health Sciences, University of the Air, 2-11 Wakaba, Chiba 260, Japan

    Shozo Kito

  2. Department of Pharmacology Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hiroshima University School of Medicine, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku Hiroshima 734, Japan

    Tomio Segawa

  3. Department of Pharmacology Center for Health Sciences, University of California-Los Angeles School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, 90024, USA

    Richard W. Olsen

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Tobin, A.J. et al. (1991). Structural, Developmental and Functional Heterogeneity of Rat GABAA Receptors. In: Kito, S., Segawa, T., Olsen, R.W. (eds) Neuroreceptor Mechanisms in Brain. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 287. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5907-4_31

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