Structures of the M2 channel-lining segments from nicotinic acetylcholine and NMDA receptors by NMR spectroscopy

Nature Structural Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 374-379

  Opella, S J ^a   Marassi, R M ^a,b   Gesell, J J ^a,c   Valente, A P ^a,d   Kim, Y ^a,e   Oblatt Montal, M ^f   Montal, M ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b WISTAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^e LG Chemical Ltd   (South Korea)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; LIPID BILAYER; MICELLE; MOLECULAR MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SOLID STATE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032919444     PISSN: 10728368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/7610     Document Type: Article

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