Differential surface accessibility of α(187-199) in the torpedo acetylcholine receptor α subunits

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 282, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 317-330

  Fairclough, Robert H ^a   Twaddle, George M ^a   Gudipati, Eswari ^a   Lin, Mike Y ^a   Richman, David P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine binding sites; Acetylcholine receptor; Anti acetylcholine receptor monoclonal antibody; d tubocurarine binding sites; bungarotoxin binding sites

Indexed keywords

ALPHA BUNGAROTOXIN; CARBACHOL; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; EPITOPE; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; OCTOXINOL; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; TUBOCURARINE CHLORIDE;

ALPHA CHAIN; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING KINETICS; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROGEN BOND; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORPEDO;

EID: 0032544487     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2001     Document Type: Article

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