Allosteric activation mechanism of the α1β2γ2 γ-aminobutyric acid type A receptor revealed by mutation of the conserved M2 leucine

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 2542-2551

  Chang, Yongchang ^a   Weiss, David S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; BICUCULLINE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; ION CHANNEL; LEUCINE; PICROTOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DOSE RESPONSE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; RAT; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; VOLTAGE CLAMP; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0032728861     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)77089-X     Document Type: Article

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