The intrinsic electrostatic potential and the intermediate ring of charge in the acetylcholine receptor channel

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 93-106

  Wilson, Gary G ^a   Pascual, Juan M ^a   Brooijmans, Natasja ^a   Murray, Diana ^a   Karlin, Arthur ^a,b  

^a The New York Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conductance; Mutagenesis; Nicotinic; Reaction kinetics; Selectivity

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALKALI METAL; CATION CHANNEL; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MODEL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; REACTION ANALYSIS; SIMULATION;

ANIMALS; ELECTROSTATICS; GLUTAMIC ACID; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; OOCYTES; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0033813781     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.115.2.93     Document Type: Article

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