Subunit arrangement and function in NMDA receptors

Nature

Volumn 438, Issue 7065, 2005, Pages 185-192

  Furukawa, Hiroyasu ^a,b   Singh, Satinder K ^a,b   Mancusso, Romina ^a,c   Gouaux, Eric ^a,b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BIOCHEMISTRY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIMERS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY;

EXCITATORY NEUROTRANSMISSION; GETEROMERIC ION CHANNELS; GLYCINE; HETERODIMERS;

NEUROLOGY;

DIMER; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 1; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2A; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

BIOLOGY;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 27744500994     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04089     Document Type: Article

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