A single hydrophobic residue confers barbiturate sensitivity to γ- aminobutyric acid type C receptor

Molecular Pharmacology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 411-423

  Amin, Jahanshah ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; METHIONINE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PENTOBARBITAL; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; TRYPTOPHAN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CHLORIDE CHANNELS; GABA AGONISTS; GABA MODULATORS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; METHIONINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PENTOBARBITAL; RECEPTORS, GABA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; THIOPENTAL; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 0033020780     PISSN: 0026895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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