Homologous sites of GABAA receptor α1, β3 and γ2 subunits are important for assembly

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 482-491

  Sarto, I ^a,b   Wabnegger, L ^a,b   Dogl E ^a,b   Sieghart, Werner ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Assembly; Benzodiazepine binding pocket; GABA binding pocket; GABAA receptors; Subunit arrangement; Subunits

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA1; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BETA3; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR GAMMA2; CHLORIDE; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; HUMANS; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PRECIPITIN TESTS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0036754304     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3908(02)00160-0     Document Type: Article

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