Structural model of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor isotypes bound toacetylcholine and nicotine

BMC Structural Biology

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages 1-8

  Schapira, Matthieu ^a   Abagyan, Ruben ^a,b   Totrov, Maxim ^a  

^a MOLSOFT LLC   (United States)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; ISOPROTEIN; LIGAND; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DATA BASE; DRUG BINDING SITE; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; DRUG SELECTIVITY; ELECTRICITY; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

GASTROPODA;

ACETYLCHOLINE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; HUMANS; LIGANDS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NICOTINE; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 0002315013     PISSN: 14726807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6807-2-1     Document Type: Article

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