Mutational analysis of the charge selectivity filter of the α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor

Neuron

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 831-843

  Corringer, Pierre Jean ^a   Bertrand, Sonia ^b   Galzi, Jean Luc ^a,c   Devillers Thiéry, Anne ^a   Changeux, Jean Pierre ^a   Bertrand, Daniel ^b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUTANT PROTEIN; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; PROLINE; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; ION CONDUCTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; XENOPUS;

EID: 0033119869     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6273(00)80741-2     Document Type: Article

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