Involvement of histidine 134 in the binding of α-bungarotoxin to the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor

Neurochemistry International

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 151-157

  Venera, Graciela D ^a   Testai, Fernando D ^a   Peña, Clara ^a   Lacorazza, Hugo D ^a,b   Biscoglio De Jiménez Bonino, Mirtha J ^a  

^a Instituto de Quimica y Fisicoquimica Biologicas Buenos Aires   (Argentina)

^b NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA BUNGAROTOXIN; HISTIDINE; HYDROXYLAMINE; IODINE 125; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; TORPEDO CALIFORNICA;

ALANINE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; BUNGAROTOXINS; HISTIDINE; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; TORPEDO;

EID: 0030915887     PISSN: 01970186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-0186(96)00063-0     Document Type: Article

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