Comparative models of GABAA receptor extracellular and transmembrane domains: Important insights in pharmacology and function

Molecular Pharmacology

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1291-1300

  Ernst, Margot ^a   Bruckner, Stefan ^a   Boresch, Stefan ^b   Sieghart, Werner ^a,c  

^a Medical University of Vienna   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; AMINO ACID; ANION CHANNEL; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; FUROSEMIDE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHETIC AGENT; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; VOLATILE AGENT;

ALLOSTERISM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOLECULAR MODEL; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC;

EID: 27544460357     PISSN: 0026895X     EISSN: 15210111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/mol.105.015982     Document Type: Article

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