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Isolation and sequence analysis of the chicken GABAa receptor α1-subunit gene promoter (1995)
Journal Article
Bateson, A. N., Ultsch, A., & Darlison, M. G. (1995). Isolation and sequence analysis of the chicken GABAa receptor α1-subunit gene promoter. Gene, 153(2), 243-247. https://doi.org/10.1016/0378-1119%2894%2900776-o

A genomic clone containing the 5'-flanking sequence of the chicken {GABAA} receptor α1-subunit-encoding gene (GabRα1) was isolated and characterized. An intron was found to interrupt the 5'-untranslated region. The transcription start point (tsp) was... Read More about Isolation and sequence analysis of the chicken GABAa receptor α1-subunit gene promoter.

The Production of a Stably Transformed Insect Cell Line Expressing An Invertebrate GABA A Receptor β-Subunit (1995)
Journal Article
Smith, L. A., Amar, M., Harvey, R. J., Darlison, M. G., Earley, F. G. P., Beadle, D. J., King, L. A., & Bermudez, I. (1995). The Production of a Stably Transformed Insect Cell Line Expressing An Invertebrate GABA A Receptor β-Subunit. Journal of Receptors and Signal Transduction, 15(1-4), 33-41. https://doi.org/10.3109/10799899509045205

We have produced a stable insect cell line derived from Spodoptera frugiperda (Sf9) cells expressing a cDNA encoding a β-subunit of the Lymnaea stagnalis GABAA receptor. The cDNA was randomly integrated into the insect cell genome under the control o... Read More about The Production of a Stably Transformed Insect Cell Line Expressing An Invertebrate GABA A Receptor β-Subunit.

Analysis of GABAA receptor subunit genes in multiplex pedigrees with manic depression (1994)
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Coon, H., Hicks, A. A., Bailey, M. E., Hoff, M., Holik, J., Harvey, R. J., Johnson, K. J., Darlison, M. G., Reimherr, F., Wender, P., & Byerley, W. (1994). Analysis of GABAA receptor subunit genes in multiplex pedigrees with manic depression. Psychiatric Genetics, 4(3), 185-191. https://doi.org/10.1097/00041444-199400430-00009

The gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) neurotransmitter system has been implicated in the pathogenesis of manic depression. Tests of this hypothesis can now be carried out due to the recent characterization of simple sequence repeat polymorphisms for the... Read More about Analysis of GABAA receptor subunit genes in multiplex pedigrees with manic depression.

Developmental up-regulation and agonist-dependent down-regulation of GABAA receptor subunit mRNAs in chick cortical neurons (1994)
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Barnes Jr., E. M., Baumgartner, B. J., Harvey, R. J., & Darlison, M. G. (1994). Developmental up-regulation and agonist-dependent down-regulation of GABAA receptor subunit mRNAs in chick cortical neurons. Molecular Brain Research, 26(1-2), 9-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/0169-328x%2894%2990068-x

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We have used quantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) to analyze the expression of {GABAA} receptor subunit genes in cultured neurons from the chick embryo cerebral cortex. During maturation of the neuro... Read More about Developmental up-regulation and agonist-dependent down-regulation of GABAA receptor subunit mRNAs in chick cortical neurons.

Sequence of a Drosophila Ligand-Gated Ion-Channel Polypeptide with an Unusual Amino-Terminal Extracellular Domain (1994)
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Harvey, R. J., Schmitt, B., Hermans-Borgmeyer, I., Gundelfinger, E. D., Betz, H., & Darlison, M. G. (1994). Sequence of a Drosophila Ligand-Gated Ion-Channel Polypeptide with an Unusual Amino-Terminal Extracellular Domain. Journal of Neurochemistry, 62(6), 2480-2483. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1471-4159.1994.62062480.x

Abstract: We report the isolation of a full-length clone from a Drosophila melanogaster head cDNA library that encodes a 614-residue polypeptide that exhibits all of the features of a ligand-gated chloride-channel/receptor subunit. This polypeptide,... Read More about Sequence of a Drosophila Ligand-Gated Ion-Channel Polypeptide with an Unusual Amino-Terminal Extracellular Domain.

Alternative Splicing of a 51-Nucleotide Exon that Encodes a Putative Protein Kinase C Phosphorylation Site Generates Two Forms of the Chicken γ-Aminobutyric AcidAReceptor β2 Subunit (1994)
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Harvey, R. J., Chinchetru, M. A., & Darlison, M. G. (1994). Alternative Splicing of a 51-Nucleotide Exon that Encodes a Putative Protein Kinase C Phosphorylation Site Generates Two Forms of the Chicken γ-Aminobutyric AcidAReceptor β2 Subunit. Journal of Neurochemistry, 62(1), 10-16. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1471-4159.1994.62010010.x

Complementary DNAs that encode two forms of the chicken -γ-aminobutyric acid type A (GABAA) receptor β2 subunit have been isolated. These polypeptides differ by the presence (β2L) or absence (β2S) of 17 amino acids, which contain a possible target fo... Read More about Alternative Splicing of a 51-Nucleotide Exon that Encodes a Putative Protein Kinase C Phosphorylation Site Generates Two Forms of the Chicken γ-Aminobutyric AcidAReceptor β2 Subunit.

Molluscan ligand-gated ion-channel receptors (1993)
Book Chapter
Darlison, M. G., Hutton, M. L., & Harvey, R. J. (1993). Molluscan ligand-gated ion-channel receptors. In Comparative Molecular Neurobiology (48-64). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-7265-2_3

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 a... Read More about Molluscan ligand-gated ion-channel receptors.

Sequence and Novel Distribution of the Chicken Homologue of the Mammalianγ-Aminobutyric AcidAReceptorγ1 Subunit (1993)
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Glencorse, T. A., Darlison, M. G., Barnard, E. A., & Bateson, A. N. (1993). Sequence and Novel Distribution of the Chicken Homologue of the Mammalianγ-Aminobutyric AcidAReceptorγ1 Subunit. Journal of Neurochemistry, 61(6), 2294-2302. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-4159.1993.tb07473.x

cDNAs have been cloned that encode the chicken (Gallus domesticus) γ-aminobutyric acidA receptor γ1 subunit, the mature sequence of which shares 90, 79, and 69% identity with those of the rat γ1, γ2., and γ3 subunits, respectively. In situ hybridizat... Read More about Sequence and Novel Distribution of the Chicken Homologue of the Mammalianγ-Aminobutyric AcidAReceptorγ1 Subunit.

Molecular cloning reveals the existence of a fourth γ subunit of the vertebrate brain GABAAreceptor (1993)
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Harvey, R. J., Kim, H.-C., & Darlison, M. G. (1993). Molecular cloning reveals the existence of a fourth γ subunit of the vertebrate brain GABAAreceptor. FEBS Letters, 331(3), 211-216. https://doi.org/10.1016/0014-5793%2893%2980339-v

We have isolated a cDNA, from the chicken, that encodes a fourth type of γ subunit of the vertebrate brain GABAA receptor. The mature polypeptide (which we name γ4) displays 67%, 69% and 70% identity, respectively, to the rat γ1, γ2 and γ3 subunits.... Read More about Molecular cloning reveals the existence of a fourth γ subunit of the vertebrate brain GABAAreceptor.

Rheological spectroscopy of concentrated colloidal dispersions (1993)
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Williams, P., Williams, D., & Williams, R. (1993). Rheological spectroscopy of concentrated colloidal dispersions. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 77(1), 75-79. https://doi.org/10.1016/0927-7757%2893%2980101-j

A new instrument, the virtual gap rheometer (VGR) for the determination of dynamic shear moduli (and mechanical relaxation spectra therefrom) at frequencies above 100 Hz is described. Several features of the VGR which make it particularly suited to t... Read More about Rheological spectroscopy of concentrated colloidal dispersions.

A novel invertebrate GABAAreceptor-like polypeptide Sequence and pattern of gene expression (1993)
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Hutton, M. L., Harvey, R. J., Earley, F. G., Barnard, E. A., & Darlison, M. G. (1993). A novel invertebrate GABAAreceptor-like polypeptide Sequence and pattern of gene expression. FEBS Letters, 326(1-3), 112-116. https://doi.org/10.1016/0014-5793%2893%2981773-s

A full‐length complementary DNA has been isolated, from the fresh‐water mollusc Lymnaea stagnalis, that encodes a polypeptide (which we have named Ç) that exhibits between 30% and 40% identity to vertebrate GABAA and glycine receptor subunit sequence... Read More about A novel invertebrate GABAAreceptor-like polypeptide Sequence and pattern of gene expression.

Molecular Characterisation and Functional Expression of Molluscan Ion-Channel Receptors That Can Be Activated By Either γ-Aminobutyric Acid or L-Glutamate (1993)
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Darlison, M. G., Bermudez, I., Van Minnen, J., Zimmermann, C., Amar, M., Dautzenberg, F. M., Kim, H.-C., Stühmer, T., & Harvey, R. J. (1993). Molecular Characterisation and Functional Expression of Molluscan Ion-Channel Receptors That Can Be Activated By Either γ-Aminobutyric Acid or L-Glutamate. Netherlands Journal of Zoology, 44(3), 473-485. https://doi.org/10.1163/156854293x00557

Ligand-gated ion channels (also called ionotropic receptors) are a class of receptors which possess an intrinsic ion pore, selective for either cations or anions, that can be opened by the binding of an appropriate neurotransmitter. Ionotropic recept... Read More about Molecular Characterisation and Functional Expression of Molluscan Ion-Channel Receptors That Can Be Activated By Either γ-Aminobutyric Acid or L-Glutamate.

The Isolation of Genomic DNA from Invertebrates (1992)
Book Chapter
Vreugdenhil, E., & Darlison, M. G. (1992). The Isolation of Genomic DNA from Invertebrates. In A. Longstaff, & P. Revest (Eds.), Protocols in Molecular Neurobiology (15-24). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1385/0-89603-199-3%3A15

Generally, genomic DNA is used either for the construction of genomic libraries or for Southern blot analysis. For several reasons, it is frequently preferable in the field of invertebrate neurobiology to screen, at least initially, genomic rather th... Read More about The Isolation of Genomic DNA from Invertebrates.

Invertebrate GABA and glutamate receptors: molecular biology reveals predictable structures but some unusual pharmacologies (1992)
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Darlison, M. G. (1992). Invertebrate GABA and glutamate receptors: molecular biology reveals predictable structures but some unusual pharmacologies. Trends in Neurosciences, 15(12), 469-474. https://doi.org/10.1016/0166-2236%2892%2990091-l

Determination of the sequences of invertebrate γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA)-gated and glutamate-gated receptor/ion channels, through the application of recombinant {DNA} methods, is not just an academic exercise to effect evolutionary comparisons with... Read More about Invertebrate GABA and glutamate receptors: molecular biology reveals predictable structures but some unusual pharmacologies.

GABAA receptor subunit genes as candidate genes for bipolar affective disorder—an association analysis (1992)
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Walsh, C., Hicks, A. A., Sham, P., Castle, D., Hunt, N., Clements, A., Sander, T., Murray, R., Darlison, M. G., & Gill, M. (1992). GABAA receptor subunit genes as candidate genes for bipolar affective disorder—an association analysis. Psychiatric Genetics, 2(4), 239-248. https://doi.org/10.1097/00041444-199210000-00002

Polymorphic DNA segments can be used as genetic markers to test for allelic association between a disease and a candidate gene locus. Here we report the results of a study of 60 unrelated bipolar patients in which we sought for evidence of associatio... Read More about GABAA receptor subunit genes as candidate genes for bipolar affective disorder—an association analysis.

Unusual effects of benzodiazepines and cyclodiene insecticides on an expressed invertebrate GABAAreceptor (1992)
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Zaman, S. H., Harvey, R. J., Barnard, E. A., & Darlison, M. G. (1992). Unusual effects of benzodiazepines and cyclodiene insecticides on an expressed invertebrate GABAAreceptor. FEBS Letters, 307(3), 351-354. https://doi.org/10.1016/0014-5793%2892%2980711-o

We have previously reported [(1991) EMBO J. 10, 3239–3245] the sequence of an invertebrate γ‐aminobutyric acid (GABA) type A (GABAA) receptor polypeptide which forms homo‐oligomeric GABA‐gated, bicuculline‐sensitive, chloride‐ion channels upon hetero... Read More about Unusual effects of benzodiazepines and cyclodiene insecticides on an expressed invertebrate GABAAreceptor.

Assembly of functional GABAA receptors in insect cells using baculovirus expression vectors (1992)
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Atkinson, A. E., Bermudez, I., Darlison, M. G., Barnard, E. A., Earley, F. G. P., Possee, R. D., Beadle, D. J., & King, L. A. (1992). Assembly of functional GABAA receptors in insect cells using baculovirus expression vectors. NeuroReport, 3(7), 597-600. https://doi.org/10.1097/00001756-199207000-00013

We have constructed recombinant baculoviruses containing cDNAs encoding either the [alpha]1- or the [beta]1-subunit of the bovine GABAA receptor. In Spodoptera frugiperda (IPLB-Sf-21) cells infected with recombinant virus expressing either the [alpha... Read More about Assembly of functional GABAA receptors in insect cells using baculovirus expression vectors.

Fine mapping of the human biglycan (BGN) gene within the Xq28 region employing a hybrid cell panel (1992)
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Traupe, H., Ouweland, A. M. V. D., Oost, B. A. V., Vogel, W., Vetter, U., Warren, S. T., Rocchi, M., Darlison, M. G., & Ropers, H.-H. (1992). Fine mapping of the human biglycan (BGN) gene within the Xq28 region employing a hybrid cell panel. Genomics, 13(2), 481-483. https://doi.org/10.1016/0888-7543%2892%2990279-2

Human biglycan is a small proteoglycan that is expressed at high levels in the growing skeleton and in human skin at the cell surface of differentiating keratinocytes. The human gene for biglycan (BGN) has previously been mapped by in situ hybridizat... Read More about Fine mapping of the human biglycan (BGN) gene within the Xq28 region employing a hybrid cell panel.