Structural biology of key nervous system proteins

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1781-1792

  Hucho, Ferdinand ^a   Tsetlin, Victor ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b SHEMYAKIN OVCHINNIKOV INSTITUTE OF BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); DOPAMINE; GLYCINE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; ION CHANNEL; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NEUROTRANSMITTER RECEPTOR; NORADRENALIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ALLOSTERISM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SHORT SURVEY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0029964218     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1996.66051781.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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