The binding site of acetylcholine receptor: From synthetic peptides to solution and crystal structure

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 998, Issue , 2003, Pages 93-100

  Fuchs, Sara ^a   Kasher, Roni ^a   Balass, Moshe ^a   Scherf, Tali ^a   Harel, Michal ^a   Fridkin, Mati ^a   Sussman, Joel L ^a   Katchalski Katzir, Ephraim ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine receptor (AChR); Binding site; NMR structure; X ray structure; bungarotoxin ( BTX)

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALPHA BUNGAROTOXIN; BINDING PROTEIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; PEPTIDE LIBRARY;

ALPHA CHAIN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BAY REGION BINDING SITE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; IC 50; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHAGE DISPLAY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RECEPTOR BINDING; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ZINC FINGER MOTIF;

EID: 0141615852     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1254.011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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