Substitutions of the highly conserved M2 leucine create spontaneously opening ρ γ-aminobutyric acid receptors

Molecular Pharmacology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 511-523

  Chang, Yongchang ^a   Weiss, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 AMINOPROPYL(METHYL)PHOSPHINIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ION CHANNEL; LEUCINE; PICROTOXIN;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; HYPOTHESIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0031967525     PISSN: 0026895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/mol.53.3.511     Document Type: Article

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