Ethanol inhibition of nicotinic acetylcholine type α7 receptors involves the amino-terminal domain of the receptor

Molecular Pharmacology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1010-1016

  Yu, Dahong ^a   Zhang, Li ^a   Eiselé, Jean Luc ^b   Bertrand, Daniel ^c   Changeux, Jean Pierre ^b   Weight, Forrest F ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ION CHANNEL; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; SEROTONIN 3 RECEPTOR;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN INTERACTION; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; ETHANOL; KINETICS; NICOTINIC ANTAGONISTS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; RECEPTORS, SEROTONIN; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEROTONIN ANTAGONISTS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0029912024     PISSN: 0026895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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