Flash decaging of tyrosine sidechains in an ion channel

Neuron

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 619-624

  Miller, Jeffrey C ^a,c   Silverman, Scott K ^b,d   England, Pamela M ^a,b   Dougherty, Dennis A ^b   Lester, Henry A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Inst of Technology ^*  (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; TYROSINE;

ALPHA CHAIN; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PHOTOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; XENOPUS;

EID: 0032055921     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6273(00)81001-6     Document Type: Article

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