The monomers of the P2X1 receptor model and KcsA protein share a similar structural fold

Protein and Peptide Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 77-81

  Mager, Peter P ^a   Weber, Anje ^a   Sanchez, Luis ^a   Wirkner, Kerstin ^a   Illes, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

ATP activated purinergic receptor; Cation channel; KcsA protein; P2X receptor; Structural bioinformatics

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PROKARYOTIC POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PURINE P2 RECEPTOR; PURINE P2X1 RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; MICE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; RECEPTORS, PURINERGIC P2;

EID: 31144448632     PISSN: 09298665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/092986606774502081     Document Type: Article

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