Identification of intracellular and extracellular domains mediating signal transduction in the inhibitory glycine receptor chloride channel

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 110-120

  Lynch, Joseph W ^b   Rajendra, Sundran ^a   Pierce, Kerrie D ^b   Handford, Cheryl A ^b   Barry, Peter H ^a   Schofield, Peter R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b GARVAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

alanine; Glycine; Ligand gated ion channel; Signal transduction; Superfamily; Taurine

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE CHANNEL; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RECEPTOR BINDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STARTLE REFLEX; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ALLOSTERIC REGULATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BETA-ALANINE; BINDING SITES; CELL LINE; CHLORIDE CHANNELS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; RECEPTORS, GLYCINE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STARTLE REACTION; TAURINE;

EID: 0031027684     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.1.110     Document Type: Article

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