The N-terminal domain of γ-aminobutyric acid(B) receptors is sufficient to specify agonist and antagonist binding

Molecular Pharmacology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 448-454

  Malitschek, Barbara ^a   Schweizer, Claude ^a   Keir, Miranda ^a,b   Heid, Jakob ^d   Froestl, Wolfgang ^a   Mosbacher, Johannes ^a   Kuhn, Rainer ^a   Henley, Jeremy ^d   Joly, Cécile ^c   Pin, Jean Phillippe ^c   Kaupmann, Klemens ^a   Bettler, Bernhard ^a  

^a NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 AMINOPROPANEPHOSPHINIC ACID; 3 AMINOPROPYL(DIFLUOROMETHYL)PHOSPHINIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; 5,5 DIMETHYL 2 MORPHOLINEACETIC ACID; BACLOFEN; CGP 54626A; CGP 64213; CGP 71872; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN COS1; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; LEPIDOPTERA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING;

EID: 0032771147     PISSN: 0026895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/mol.56.2.448     Document Type: Article

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