Differential contribution of the NR1- and NR2A-subunits to the selectivity filter of recombinant NMDA receptor channels

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 491, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 779-797

  Wollmuth, Lonnie P ^a   Kuner, Thomas ^b   Seeburg, Peter H ^b   Sakmann, Bert ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ASPARAGINE; CATION; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; METHYLAMMONIUM; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; POTASSIUM ION; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS;

EID: 0029887686     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1996.sp021257     Document Type: Article

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