Myasthenic nicotinic receptor mutant interpreted in terms of the allosteric model

Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences - Serie III

Volumn 320, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 953-961

  Edelstein, Stuart J ^a   Schaad, Olivier ^a,b   Changeux, Jean Pierre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Allosteric model; Myasthenic channel mutant; Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor; Single channel open times

Indexed keywords

MUTANT PROTEIN; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ALLOSTERISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; MOLECULAR MODEL; MUSCLE; MYASTHENIA; RECEPTOR AFFINITY;

EID: 0031456294     PISSN: 07644469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0764-4469(97)82468-7     Document Type: Article

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