Agonist-induced conformational changes in the extracellular domain of α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

Molecular Pharmacology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 650-658

  Lyford, Lisa K ^a   Sproul, Adrian D ^a   Eddins, Donnie ^a   McLaughlin, James T ^a   Rosenberg, Robert L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; DIHYDRO BETA ERYTHROIDINE; ION CHANNEL; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; THIOMESYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FROG; LIGAND BINDING; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FEMALE; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; OOCYTES; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0042355340     PISSN: 0026895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/mol.64.3.650     Document Type: Article

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