Activation of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors by glycine: Role of an aspartate residue in the M3-M4 loop of the NR1 subunit

Molecular Pharmacology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 701-708

  Williams, Keith ^a   Chao, James ^a   Kashiwagi, Keiko ^b   Masuko, Takashi ^b   Igarashi, Kazuei ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; GLYCINE; IFENPRODIL; MUTANT PROTEIN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PARTIAL AGONIST; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; SPERMINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPARTIC ACID; BINDING SITES; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MAGNESIUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0029921964     PISSN: 0026895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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