Mapping the agonist binding site of the GABA(A) receptor: Evidence for a β-strand

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 4847-4854

  Boileau, Andrew J ^a   Evers, Amy R ^a   Davis, Anson F ^a   Czajkowski, Cynthia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Binding site; Cysteine mutagenesis; GABA; GABA(A) receptor; Molecular model; Substituted cysteine accessibility method; strand

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; BIOTIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; CYSTEINE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; ION CHANNEL; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR; THIOMESYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; BINDING SITE; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RECEPTOR BINDING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; XENOPUS;

EID: 0033564411     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-12-04847.1999     Document Type: Article

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