Identification of a new ligand binding domain in the subunit of the inhibitory glycine receptor

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 2158-2166

  Vafa, Behnaz ^a,b   Lewis, Trevor M ^a   Cunningham, Anne M ^a   Jacques, Patrice ^a   Lynch, Joseph W ^a,c   Schofield, Peter R ^a  

^a GARVAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b Hoechst Marion Roussel Australia P   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Glycine receptor; Ligand gated ion channel receptor; Mutagenesis; Neurotransmitter

Indexed keywords

BETA ALANINE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; STRYCHNINE; TAURINE;

ARTICLE; CELL SURFACE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

STRYCHNOS TOXIFERA;

EID: 0032692626     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1999.02158.x     Document Type: Article

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