Backbone mutations in transmembrane domains of a ligand-gated ion channel: Implications for the mechanism of gating

Cell

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 89-98

  England, Pamela M ^a,b   Zhang, Yinong ^a   Dougherty, Dennis A ^b   Lester, Henry A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; GENE MUTATION; ION CURRENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033534674     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)80962-9     Document Type: Article

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