Acetylcholine receptor gating is influenced by the polarity of amino acids at position 9' in the M2 domain

Journal of Membrane Biology

Volumn 174, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 191-197

  Kosolapov, A V ^a   Filatov, G N ^a   White, M M ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conformational changes; Ligand gated ion channels; Site directed mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; ION CHANNEL; LIGAND;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROPHOBICITY; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STOICHIOMETRY;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CELL LINE; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; MICE; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; XENOPUS;

EID: 0034176414     PISSN: 00222631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002320001043     Document Type: Article

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