The startle disease mutation Q266H, in the second transmembrane domain of the human glycine receptor, impairs channel gating

Molecular Pharmacology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 386-395

  Moorhouse, Andrew J ^a   Jacques, Patrice ^b   Barry, Peter H ^a   Schofield, Peter R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b GARVAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE CHANNEL; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DIETHYL PYROCARBONATE; GLYCINE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; ION CHANNEL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STRYCHNINE; TAURINE; TRITIUM; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LIGAND BINDING; MISSENSE MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STARTLE EPILEPSY;

EID: 0033013979     PISSN: 0026895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/mol.55.2.386     Document Type: Article

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