Modeling of amino-terminal domains of group I metabotropic glutamate receptors: Structural motifs affecting ligand selectivity

Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 26, 1999, Pages 5390-5401

  Costantino, Gabriele ^a   Macchiarulo, Antonio ^a   Pellicciari, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 CARBOXY 2 METHYLPHENYLGLYCINE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR AGONIST; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DRUG BINDING SITE; DRUG CONFORMATION; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; DRUG STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR MODEL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; STEREOSPECIFICITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; LIGANDS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECEPTORS, METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0033620010     PISSN: 00222623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jm990353c     Document Type: Article

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