Mutations in the M4 domain of the Torpedo californica nicotinic acetylcholine receptor alter channel opening and closing

Journal of Membrane Biology

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-30

  Ortiz Miranda, S I ^a   Lasalde, J A ^a,b   Pappone, P A ^a   McNamee, M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Burst analysis; Ion channel gating; Single channel electrophysiology; Site directed mutagenesis; Torpedo californica

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; NONHUMAN; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TORPEDO CALIFORNICA; XENOPUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ION CHANNEL GATING; MUTATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TORPEDO;

ANIMALIA; TORPEDO CALIFORNICA;

EID: 0030873046     PISSN: 00222631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002329900240     Document Type: Article

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