Structure and function of AChBP, homologue of the ligand-binding domain of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 998, Issue , 2003, Pages 81-92

  Smit, August B ^a   Brejc, Katjuša ^b,c   Syed, Naweed ^d   Sixma, Titia K ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c Cytokinetics Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine binding site; AChBP; Crystal structure; Glia; Ligand gated ion channel; Modulating synaptic transmission; Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHANNEL GATING; CHOLINERGIC SYNAPSE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GLIA CELL; LIGAND BINDING; LYMNAEA; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SNAIL; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

BASOMMATOPHORA; GASTROPODA; LYMNAEA; LYMNAEA STAGNALIS;

EID: 0141525020     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1254.010     Document Type: Conference Paper

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