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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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 |
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