Binding of the volatile anesthetic halothane to the hydrophobic core of a tetra-α-helix-bundle protein

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Volumn 279, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 56-61

  Johansson, Jonas S ^a,b   Rabanal, Francesc ^b   Dutton, P Leslie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HALOTHANE;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; BINDING SITES; FLUORESCENCE; HALOTHANE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0030425315     PISSN: 00223565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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