Molecular dissection of benzodiazepine binding and allosteric coupling using chimeric γ-aminobutyric acid(A) receptor subunits

Molecular Pharmacology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 295-303

  Boileau, Andrew J ^a   Kucken, Amy M ^a   Evers, Amy R ^a   Czajkowski, Cynthia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 8 AZIDO 5,6 DIHYDRO 5 METHYL 6 OXO 4H IMIDAZO[1,5 A][1,4]BENZODIAZEPINE 3 CARBOXYLIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; DIAZEPAM; FLUMAZENIL; FLUNITRAZEPAM; FLURAZEPAM; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ALLOSTERISM; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING COMPETITION; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BINDING SITE; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; EXPRESSION VECTOR; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ISOTOPE LABELING; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0031912554     PISSN: 0026895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/mol.53.2.295     Document Type: Article

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