Nicotinic receptors in wonderland

Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 459-463

  Grutter, Thomas ^a   Changeux, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACETYLCHOLINE BINDING PROTEIN; BINDING PROTEIN; LIGAND; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLOSTERISM; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BINDING SITE; HUMAN; LIGAND BINDING; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHOTOAFFINITY LABELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

ALLOSTERIC REGULATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; LIGANDS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0035424008     PISSN: 09680004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-0004(01)01921-1     Document Type: Review

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