Interaction of GABA receptor/channel rho(1) and gamma(2) subunit

George M Ekema1, Wei Zheng, Luo Lu

  • 1Division of Molecular Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, 1124 W Carson Street, Torrance, CA 90502-2006, USA.

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