Gating Dynamics of the Acetylcholine Receptor Extracellular Domain

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 341-356

  Chakrapani, Sudha ^a   Bailey, Timothy D ^a   Auerbach, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Kinetics; Nicotinic; REFER; Single channel

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE BINDING PROTEIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA CHAIN; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; CHANNEL GATING; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ION CONDUCTANCE; KINETICS; MOUSE; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ION CHANNEL GATING; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 1842686239     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.200309004     Document Type: Article

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