Allosteric receptors after 30 years

Neuron

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 959-980

  Changeux, Jean Pierre ^a   Edelstein, Stuart J ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ALLOSTERISM; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHANNEL GATING; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RECEPTOR DENSITY; RECEPTOR OCCUPANCY; REVIEW; STEREOCHEMISTRY; TORPEDO;

EID: 0032215090     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6273(00)80616-9     Document Type: Review

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