Assigning functions to residues in the acetylcholine receptor channel region (review)

Molecular Membrane Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 167-177

  Bouzat, Cecilia ^a   Barrantes, Francisco J ^a  

^a Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquimicas Bahia Blanca   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine receptor; Cholinergic receptor; Ion channel; Ligand gated ion channel; M2 segment

Indexed keywords

NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

CHANNEL GATING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ION TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR MODEL; PHOTOAFFINITY LABELING; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

EID: 0031465239     PISSN: 09687688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09687689709048179     Document Type: Review

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