N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE ( NMDA ) RECEPTOR SUBUNIT NR 1 FORMS THE SUBSTRATE FOR OLIGOMERIC ASSEMBLY OF THE NMDA RECEPTOR Palmi

SUBSTRATE FOR OLIGOMERIC ASSEMBLY OF THE NMDA RECEPTOR Palmi T. Atlason, Molly L. Garside, Elisabeth Meddows, Paul Whiting, R. A. Jeffrey McIlhinney MRC Anatomical Neuropharmacology Unit, Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3TH, UK, Merck Sharp & Dohme Neuroscience Research Centre, Terlings Park, Eastwick Road, Harlow, Essex, CM20 2QR, UK and School of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway College, University of London, Egham, TW20 0EX UK Running title: NMDA receptor assembly depends on the stable expression of the NR1 subunit Address correspondence to: Dr. R. A. Jeffrey McIlhinney, MRC Anatomical Neuropharmacology Unit, Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3TH UK. Tel: +44 1865 271896, FAX: +44 1865 271647 Email: jeff.mcilhinney@pharm.ox.ac.uk