The tethered agonist approach to mapping ion channel proteins - Toward a structural model for the agonist binding site of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 47-58

  Li, Lintong ^a   Zhong, Wenge ^a   Zacharias, Niki ^a   Gibbs, Caroline ^a   Lester, Henry A ^b   Dougherty, Dennis A ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agonist binding site; Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor; Tethered agonist; Unnatural amino acid mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035113738     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-5521(00)00055-7     Document Type: Article

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