A hydrophobic gate in an ion channel: The closed state of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor

Physical Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 147-159

  Beckstein, Oliver ^a,b   Sansom, Mark S P ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLYCINE; ION CHANNEL; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; PROTEIN; SEROTONIN; SODIUM ION;

ARTICLE; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 33745907550     PISSN: 14783967     EISSN: 14783975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1478-3975/3/2/007     Document Type: Article

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