Functional determinants by which snake and cone snail toxins block the α7 neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

Journal of Physiology Paris

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 107-111

  Servent, Denis ^a   Thanh, Hung Lam ^a   Antil, Stéphanie ^a   Bertrand, Daniel ^b   Corringer, Pierre Jean ^c   Changeux, Jean Pierre ^b   Ménez, André ^a  

^a CEA SACLAY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors; Snake curaremimetic toxins; conotoxins

Indexed keywords

ALPHA BUNGAROTOXIN; COBROTOXIN; CONOTOXIN; ERABUTOXIN; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RECOMBINANT RECEPTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CHIMERA; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RECEPTOR SENSITIVITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TOXIN STRUCTURE;

EID: 0344359749     PISSN: 09284257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-4257(98)80146-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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