Reciprocal Interactions Regulate Targeting of Calcium Channel Β Subunits and Membrane Expression of Α1 Subunits in Cultured Hippocampal Neurons*
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1 RECIPROCAL INTERACTIONS REGULATE TARGETING OF CALCIUM CHANNEL β SUBUNITS AND MEMBRANE EXPRESSION OF α1 SUBUNITS IN CULTURED HIPPOCAMPAL NEURONS* Gerald J. Obermair, Bettina Schlick, Valentina Di Biase, Prakash Subramanyam, Mathias Gebhart, Sabine Baumgartner and Bernhard E. Flucher From Department of Physiology and Medical Physics, Innsbruck Medical University, and Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria. Running head: Neuronal CaV targeting and membrane expression Address correspondence to: Gerald J. Obermair, Dr., Phone: 43-512-9003-70841, Fax: 43-5129003-73800; E-mail: [email protected], and Bernhard E. FLUCHER, Ph.D., Phone: 43-512-9003-70836, Fax: +43-512-9003-73836; E-mail: [email protected]
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