The selectivity filter of the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor: A tryptophan residue controls block and permeation of Mg2+

Molecular Pharmacology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 933-941

  Williams, Keith ^a   Pahk, Albert J ^a   Kashiwagi, Keiko ^b   Masuko, Takashi ^b   Nguyen, Nguyen D ^a   Igarashi, Kazuei ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ASPARAGINE; BARIUM ION; MAGNESIUM ION; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PHENYLALANINE; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ION PERMEABILITY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; RAT; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BARIUM; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION TRANSPORT; MAGNESIUM; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 0031802634     PISSN: 0026895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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