Hydrophobic interactions mediate binding of the glycine receptor β- subunit to gephyrin

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1323-1326

  Kneussel, Matthias ^a   Hermann, Achim ^a   Kirsch, Joachim ^a,b   Betz, Heinrich ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gephyrin; Glycine receptor; Green fluorescent protein fusion protein; Hydrophobic interaction; Receptor clustering

Indexed keywords

GEPHYRIN; GLYCINE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CYTOPLASM; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROPHOBICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL LINE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; RECEPTORS, GLYCINE; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0033048625     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1999.0721323.x     Document Type: Article

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