The steroid promegestone is a noncompetitive antagonist of the Torpedo nicotinic acetylcholine receptor that interacts with the lipid-protein interface

Molecular Pharmacology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 269-278

  Blanton, Michael P ^a,b   Xie, Yu ^a,c   Dangott, Lawrence J ^a,d   Cohen, Jonathan B ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MILLENNIUM PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CARBACHOL; HISTRIONICOTOXIN; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PHENCYCLIDINE; PROADIFEN; PROGESTERONE; PROMEGESTONE; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; STEROID; TETRACAINE; TRITIUM;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG STRUCTURE; IRRADIATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; TORPEDO; XENOPUS;

EID: 0033046008     PISSN: 0026895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/mol.55.2.269     Document Type: Article

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