The conformational switch in muscarinic acetylcholine receptors

Life Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 22-23, 2001, Pages 2495-2500

  Hulme, E C ^a   Lu, Z L ^a   Bee, M ^a   Curtis, C A M ^a   Saldanha, J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; G protein; Muscarinic; Rhodopsin

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; AMINO ACID; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; LIGAND; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; RHODOPSIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MUTAGENESIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

EID: 0035957608     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-3205(01)01044-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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