A mutational analysis of the acetylcholine receptor channel transmitter binding site

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 1 I, 1999, Pages 207-218

  Akk, Gustav ^a   Zhou, Ming ^a   Auerbach, Anthony ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER; POTASSIUM ION;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CHANNEL GATING; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; EMBRYO; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIGAND BINDING; MUTATION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

EID: 0032938313     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)77190-0     Document Type: Article

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