The emerging three-dimensional structure of a receptor The nicotinic acetylcholine receptor

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 239, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 539-557

  Hucho, Ferdinand ^a   Tsetlin, Victor I ^b   Machold, Jan ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

Ligand gated ion channel; Nicotinic acetylcholine; Three dimensional structure

Indexed keywords

NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; BINDING SITE; CATTLE; CHICK EMBRYO; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ELECTRIC ORGAN; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RAT; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TORPEDO;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0030011258     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.0539u.x     Document Type: Review

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