Principal pathway coupling agonist binding to channel gating in nicotinic receptors

Nature

Volumn 438, Issue 7065, 2005, Pages 243-247

  Lee, Won Yong ^a   Sine, Steven M ^a  

^a MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; ELECTROSTATICS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; TORPEDOES;

NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMITTERS; SYNAPTIC RECEPTORS;

NEUROLOGY;

ARGININE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; PROLINE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SERINE;

NEUROLOGY;

ALLOSTERISM; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY; HISTOGRAM; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 27744438169     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04156     Document Type: Article

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