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. 1986 Jul;5(7):1503-8.
doi: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1986.tb04389.x.

Primary structure of a developmentally regulated nicotinic acetylcholine receptor protein from Drosophila

I Hermans-Borgmeyer  1 , D Zopf, R P Ryseck, B Hovemann, H Betz, E D Gundelfinger
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Primary structure of a developmentally regulated nicotinic acetylcholine receptor protein from Drosophila

I Hermans-Borgmeyer et al. EMBO J. 1986 Jul.

Abstract

Acetylcholine is a major excitatory neurotransmitter in the central nervous system of insects. Using DNA probes of the Torpedo nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (AChR) we have isolated two overlapping cDNA clones encoding a putative neuronal AChR protein from the fruitfly, Drosophila melanogaster. The predicted mature protein consists of 497 amino acids, has a calculated mol. wt of 57 340 and shows extensive homology to known AChR subunits from different species along its entire amino acid sequence. Northern analysis revealed a hybridizing mRNA of 3.2 kb in late embryo and in pupae. Expression of the corresponding AChR gene thus characterizes periods of neuronal differentiation in Drosophila.

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