Crystal structure of an ACh-binding protein reveals the ligand-binding domain of nicotinic receptors

Nature

Volumn 411, Issue 6835, 2001, Pages 269-276

  Brejc, Katjuša ^a   Van Dijk, Witlem J ^a   Klaassen, Remco V ^b   Schuurmans, Mascha ^b   Van Der Oost, John ^b,c   Smit, August B ^b   Sixma, Titia K ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DISEASES; DRUG DOSAGE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY;

ION-CHANNELS;

PROTEINS;

BINDING PROTEIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; ION CHANNEL; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; LIGAND BINDING; LYMNAEA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CARRIER PROTEINS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DIMERIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION CHANNELS; LIGANDS; LYMNAEA; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PICHIA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

LYMNAEA;

EID: 0035902009     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35077011     Document Type: Article

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