The 2.7 Å structure of AChBP, homologue of the ligand-binding domain of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor

Novartis Foundation Symposium

Volumn 245, Issue , 2002, Pages 22-32

  Brejc, Katjuša ^a   Van Dijk, Willem J ^a   Smit, August B ^b   Sixma, Titia K ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHBP PROTEIN, LYMNAEA; CARRIER PROTEIN; LIGAND; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CARRIER PROTEINS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HUMANS; LIGANDS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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