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  cholinergic: Scientific Program
MONDAY,
MAY 6, 2002
TUESDAY,
MAY 7, 2002
WEDNESDAY,
MAY 8, 2002
THURSDAY,
MAY 9, 2002
POSTER
SESSIONS:
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
MONDAY, MAY 6, 2002
POSTER SESSION 1
1 EFFECT OF THYROID HORMONE ON ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE MRNA LEVELS IN THE SLOW SOLEUS AND FAST EDL MUSCLE OF THE RAT
P. Pregelj, J. Sketelj, Slovenia
2 ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE mRNA EXPRESSION IN RAT SPINAL CORD
K. Mis, E. Davidson, H. Park, M.P. King, T. Mars, Z. Grubic, Slovenia, USA
3 NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION FORMED IN CO-CULTURE WITH EMBRYONIC SPINAL CORD IS ACCOMPANIED BY CO-DIFFERENTIATION OF NEURONAL AND GLIAL CELLS
T. Mars, K.J. Yu, X. Tang, A.F. Miranda, Z. Grubic, F. Cambi, M.P. King, Slovenia, USA
4 FUNCTIONAL EXPRESSION AND STOICHIOMETRY OF THE NOVEL HUMAN ALPHA9ALPHA10 HETEROMERIC NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR
C. Grantham, I. Vandenberk, D. Nieuwstraten, P. Groot-Kormelink,
L. Van der Helm, J. Yon, A. Kremer, P. Van der Speak, S. Masure, W. Luyten
J. Andrews, Belgium
5 LARGE SCALE EXPRESSION OF THE EXTRACELLULAR AND CYTOPLASMIC DOMAINS OF THE DROSOPHILA ADHESION PROTEIN, GLIOTACTIN
A. Solomon, R. Marcion, D.M. Rees, E.H. Rydberg, T. Zeev Ben-Mordechai,
S. Botti, I. Silman, J.L. Sussman, V.J. Auld, Israel
6 STRUCTURAL REORGANIZATION OF THE ACETYLCHOLINE BINDING SITE OF TORPEDO NICOTINIC RECEPTOR REVEALED BY DYNAMIC PHOTOAFFINITY LABELING
T. Grutter, F. Kotzyba-Hibert, S. Bertrand, D. Bertrand, M. Goeldner, France, Switzerland
7 COEXPRESSION OF ALPHA10 AND ALPHA9 NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTORS IN RAT DORSAL ROOT GANGLION NEURONS
K.S. Lips, U. Pfeil, R.V. Haberberger, W. Kummer, Germany
8 MAPPING THE ACETYLCHOLINE BINDING SITES OF TORPEDO NICOTINIC RECEPTOR USING PHOTOAFFINITY LABELING: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
F. Kotzyba-Hibert, A. Mourot, T. Grutter, M. Goeldner, France
9 NFkB REGULATES THE ACTIVITY OF HUMAN ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE PROMOTER IN MUSCLE
R.C.Y. Choi, N.L. Siow, A.W.M. Cheng, D.C.C. Wan, K.W.K. Tsim, China
10 THE INITIAL BINDING OF ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE AND PERLECAN OCCURS INSIDE THE CELL PRIOR TO EXTERNALIZATION
S.G. Rossi, R.L. Rotundo, USA
11 ROLE OF MDX NERVE AND MUSCLE IN REGULATING NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION PROPERTIES: A STUDY USING MUSCLE TRANSPLANTS
A.R. Durrant, M. Szabo, L.L. Anglister, M.M. Salpeter, USA, Israel
12 CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF THE TETRAMERIZATION DOMAIN OF ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE AT 2.3A RESOLUTION
M. Harel, H. Dvir, S. Bon, W.Q. Liu, C. Garbay, J.L. Sussman, J. Massoulie,
I. Silman, Israel, France
13 SCALING UP OF PRODUCTION, PURIFICATION AND REFOLDING OF A CHIMERIC THREE-FINGERED TOXIN WITH SPECIFICITY FOR ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE
D. Shaya, F. Ducancel, M.H. Le Du, A. Ricciardi, A. Menez, I. Silman,
J.L. Sussman, Israel, France, Uruguay
14 ROLE OF SPONTANEOUS MUTATIONS OF NEURONAL NICOTINIC RECEPTORS IN ADNFLE
D. Bertrand, I. Favre, H. Phillips, S. Bertrand, S.F. Berkovic, J.C. Mulley, Switzerland, Australia
15 EXPRESSION OF COLQ AT THE NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION
C. Legay, France
16 INTERACTION OF RECOMBINANT SOLUBLE NEUROLIGINS-1 WITH NEUREXIN-BETA
D. Comoletti, R. Flynn, L. Jennings, R. Hoffman, T. Matsumura, H. Hasegawa,
P. Marchot, Y. Bourne, E. Komives, T. Sodhof, P. Taylor, USA, France
17 CLONING AND CHARACTERIZATION OF ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE GENE IN CHICKEN
X. Zhang, K.W.K. Tsim, D.C.C. Wan, China
18 CANDOXIN A NEW SNAKE TOXIN SPECIFIC FOR THE ALPHA7 nAChR
E. Charpantier, S. Nirthanan, P. Gopalakrishnakone, M.C.E. Gwee, H.E. Khoo, L.S. Cheah, R. Manjunatha Kini, D. Bertrand, Switzerland, Singapore
19 ACETYLCHOLINE HYDROLYSIS AT THE MAMMALIAN SKELETAL NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION: MORE THAN ONE ENZYME
J. Minic, J. Molgo, E. Krejci, France
20 E.COLI EXPRESSED EXTRACELLULAR DOMAIN OF RAT ALPHA 7 NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR: PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND BINDING PROPERTIES
N.I. Dergousova, E.A. Azeeva, E.V. Kryukova, E.D. Shibanova, I.E. Kasheverov, A.S. Korotina, Y.N. Utkin, V.I. Tsetlin, Russia
21 NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR AND MUSK ARE CLUSTERED IN C2C12 CELLS VIA LIPIDIC RAFTS
F. Stetzkowski-Marden, S. Marchand, J. Cartaud, France
22 IDENTIFICATION OF SPECIES DIFFERENCES IN THE PHARMACOLOGY OF THE ALPHA-7 NICOTINIC RECEPTOR USING THE ANTAGONIST RADIOLIGAND [3H]-METHYLLYCACONITINE
N. Crawford, K. Finlayson, J. Sharkey, J.S. Kelly, UK
23 ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE IS REQUIRED FOR NEURONAL AND MUSCULAR DEVELOPMENT IN ZEBRAFISH
M. Behra, X. Cousin, C. Bertrand, J-L. Vonesch, A. Chatonnet, U. Strohle, France
24 THE 14.3.3 GAMMA PROTEIN IS PART OF THE MUSK SIGNALING COMPLEX AT THE COMPLEX AT THE NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION
L. Strochlic, A. Cartaud, M. Recouvreur, R. Grailhe, J-P. Changeux, J. Cartaud, France
25 CONSTRUCTION AND CHARACTERISATION OF A CHIMERIC HUMAN ALPHA 7 NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE / MOUSE 5HT3 RECEPTOR
P.J. Craig, R. Zwart, S. Bose, R.E. Beattie, E.A. Folly, L.R. Johnson, E. Bell, N.M. Evans, S.G. Volsen, E. Sher, N.S. Millar, L.M. Broad, UK
26 ALPHA-CONOTOXINS PnIA AND A10L-PnIA STABILISE DIFFERENT STATES OF THE CHICK NEURONAL ALPHA 7 ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR
R.C. Hogg, S. Bertrand, P.F. Alewood, D.J. Adams, D.C. Bertrand, Australia, Switzerland
27 SEGREGATION OF PHOSPHATIDIC ACID-RICH DOMAINS IN RECONSTITUTED ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR MEMBGRANES
J.A. Poveda, J.A. Encinar, A.M. Fernandez, M.L. Molina, R. Mateo, J.M. Gonzalez-Ros, Spain
28 RAPSYN ESCORTS THE NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR ALONG THE EXOCYTIC PATHWAY VIA THE ASSOCIATION WITH LIPID RAFTS
S. Marchand, A. Devillers-Thiery, S. Pons, J-P. Changeux, J. Cartaud, France
29 IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF DIVERSE FAMILY OF NEUROTOXIN-LIKE PEPTIDES FROM THE SOUTH AMERICAN CORAL SNAKE
T. Kubo, G. Baptista, X. Yang, S. Kobayashi, M. Takeda, A. Prieto-Da-Silva,
T. Yamane, Japan, Brazil
30 MODELS OF THE EXTRACELLULAR DOMAIN OF THE NICOTINIC RECEPTORS AND OF AGONIST AND CA++ BINDING SITES
N. Le Novere, T. Grutter, J-P. Changeux, France
31 ORIGIN OF ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE IN THE DEVELOPING NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION
M. Jevsek, T. Mars, Z. Grubic, Slovenia
32 PROBING THE BINDING INTERFACE BETWEEN THE NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR AND A SHORT ALPHA-NEUROTOXIN THROUGH RECEPTOR-BIOTINYLTOXIN-STREPTAVIDIN TERNARY COMPLEXES
F. Teixeira, A. Menez, P. Kessler, France
33 THE AGONIST BIPHASIC DOSE-RESPONSE CURVE OF THE HUMAN ALPHA4BETA2 RECEPTOR BECOMES MONOPHASIC IN THE PRESENCE OF PKC INHIBITORS OR IN LOW LEVELS OF EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM IONS
I. Bermudez, L.M. Houlihan, UK
34 NFkB REGULATES THE ACTIVITY OF HUMAN ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE PROMOTER IN MUSCLE
R.C.Y. Choi, N.L. Siow, A.W.M. Cheng, D.C.C. Wan, K.W.K. Tsim, China
35 MOLECULAR CLONING OF NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR SUBUNIT GENES FROM THE PEACH-POTATO APHID, MYZUS PERSICAE
M. Kirwan, Y. Huang, M.S. Williamson, A.L. Devonshire, J.D. Windass,
S. Dunbar, S.J. Lansdell, N.S. Millar, UK
36 NEW ESSENTIAL RESIDUES IN CHOLINESTERASE ACYL POCKET
S.N. Moralev, Russia
37 VARIABILITY OF SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY IN CHOLINESTERASES OF VERTEBRATES AND INVERTEBRATES
E.V. Rozengart, S.N. Moralev, Russia
38 NMR STRUCTURE OF ALPHA-BUNGAROTOXIN IN COMPLEX WITH AN ACHR ALPHA-SUBUNIT PEPTIDE REVEALS THE BASIS FOR SPECIFIC RESISTANCE TO THE TOXIN AND HOW ALPHA-NEUROTOXINS INHIBIT ACETYLCHOLINE BINDING TO THE RECEPTOR
A.O. Samson, E. Rodriguez, T. Scherf, J. Anglister, Israel
MONDAY,
MAY 6, 2002
TUESDAY,
MAY 7, 2002
WEDNESDAY,
MAY 8, 2002
THURSDAY,
MAY 9, 2002
POSTER
SESSIONS:
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday