Structure and gating mechanism of the acetylcholine receptor pore

Nature

Volumn 423, Issue 6943, 2003, Pages 949-955

  Miyazawa, Atsuo ^a   Fujiyoshi, Yoshinori ^b   Unwin, Nigel ^c  

^a RIKEN HARIMA INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; CELLS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IONS; MUSCLE; PROTEINS;

GATING MECHANISMS;

NEUROLOGY;

ACETYLCHOLINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; LIPID; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; ION;

MICROBIOLOGY; PROTEIN; SIGNALING;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHANNEL GATING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIGAND BINDING; LIPID BILAYER; MOLECULAR MODEL; MUSCLE CELL; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; TORPEDO; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ION CHANNEL GATING; IONS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; TORPEDO;

EID: 0038112088     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01748     Document Type: Article

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