Adjacent asparagines in the NR2-subunit of the NMDA receptor channel control the voltage-dependent block by extracellular Mg2+

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 506, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 13-32

  Wollmuth, Lonnie P ^a   Kuner, Thomas ^a   Sakmann, Bert ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINE; ASPARTIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; MAGNESIUM ION; MUTANT PROTEIN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SERINE; ASPARAGINE DERIVATIVE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 1; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2A; POTASSIUM ION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO CELL; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; ION CONDUCTANCE; ION PERMEABILITY; ION TRANSPORT; KIDNEY CELL; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SYNAPSE; XENOPUS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HEK293 CELL LINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ASPARAGINE; CELL LINE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GLYCINE; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; MAGNESIUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OOCYTES; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; XENOPUS;

EID: 0031973709     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1998.013bx.x     Document Type: Article

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