Mutation of single murine acetylcholine receptor subunits reveals differential contribution of P121 to acetylcholine binding and channel opening

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 450, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 178-184

  Peter, Christoph ^a   Korngreen, Alon ^b   Witzemann, Veit ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine receptor; Electrophysiology; Ligand binding; Mutagenesis; Xenopus laevis oocytes

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; LEUCINE; LIGAND; PROLINE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; LIGAND BINDING; MOUSE; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; BUNGAROTOXINS; HUMANS; MICE; MYASTHENIC SYNDROMES, CONGENITAL; OOCYTES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POINT MUTATION; PROLINE; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 21244477401     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00424-005-1387-5     Document Type: Article

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