Metabotropic glutamate receptors: A structural view point

Pharmaceutica Acta Helvetiae

Volumn 74, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 231-237

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

3D homology model; Amino terminal domain; Metabotropic glutamate receptors; Neuroprotective agents

Indexed keywords

4 CARBOXY 2 METHYLPHENYLGLYCINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE DERIVATIVE; IONOTROPIC RECEPTOR; LIGAND; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BINDING SITE; CONFERENCE PAPER; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RECEPTOR BINDING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; RECEPTORS, METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE;

EID: 0034078074     PISSN: 00316865     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-6865(99)00055-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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