Molecular determinants of glycine receptor subunit assembly

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 4711-4721

  Griffon, Nathalie ^a,c   Büttner, Cora ^b   Nicke, Annette ^b   Kuhse, Jochen ^a,d   Schmalzing, Günther ^b   Betz, Heinrich ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c CENTRE PAUL BROCA   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Glycine receptor; N glycosylation; Oligomerization; Subunit stoichiometry

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE RECEPTOR; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ALPHA CHAIN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GOLGI COMPLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STOICHIOMETRY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; RECEPTORS, GLYCINE; RNA, COMPLEMENTARY; TRANSFECTION; XENOPUS;

EID: 0344172759     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.17.4711     Document Type: Article

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