Subunit-specific action of an anticonvulsant thiobutyrolactone on recombinant glycine receptors involves a residue in the M2 membrane-spanning region

Molecular Pharmacology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 11-17

  Steinbach, Joe Henry ^a   Bracamontes, John ^a   Yu, Li ^a   Zhang, Pengnian ^a   Covey, Douglas F ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; THIOBUTYROLACTONE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; DRUG SCREENING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033949563     PISSN: 0026895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/mol.58.1.11     Document Type: Article

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