Probing the ligand binding domain of the GluR2 receptor by proteolysis and deletion mutagenesis defines domain boundaries and yields a crystallizable construct

Protein Science

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2623-2630

  Chen, Guo Qiang ^a   Sun, Y U ^a   Jin, Rongsheng ^a   Gouaux, Eric ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystallization; Glutamate receptor; Ligand binding domain; Mutagenesis; Protease accessibility

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; ION CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CRYSTALLIZATION; LIGAND BINDING; MUTAGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

EID: 0031677656     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560071216     Document Type: Article

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