Refined structure of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor at 4 Å resolution

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 346, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 967-989

  Unwin, Nigel ^a  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine receptor; Electron microscopy; Ion channel; Refinement

Indexed keywords

NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ACCURACY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTRICITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RECEPTOR DENSITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TORPEDO;

EID: 13444271681     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2004.12.031     Document Type: Article

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