Zinc potentiation of the glycine receptor chloride channel is mediated by allosteric pathways

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 2159-2168

  Lynch, Joseph W ^a,b   Jacques, Patrice ^a   Pierce, Kerrie D ^a   Schofield, Peter R ^a  

^a GARVAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allosteric potentiation; Divalent cation; Glycine gated chloride channel; Ligand gated ion channel

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE CHANNEL; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; ZINC;

ALLOSTERISM; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CHLORIDE CURRENT; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

EID: 0031754085     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1998.71052159.x     Document Type: Article

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