Structural and functional changes induced in the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor by membrane phospholipids

Journal of Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 121-123

  Fernández Carvajal, Asia M ^a   Encinar, José A ^a   Poveda, José Antonio ^a   De Juan, Entilio ^b   Martínez Pinna, Juan ^b   Ivorra, Isabel ^b   Ferragut, José Antonio ^a   Morales, Andrés ^b   González Ros, José Manuel ^a  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PHOSPHOLIPID; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW KINETICS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; TORPEDO; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; CHOLESTEROL; KINETICS; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; TORPEDO;

EID: 33845956512     PISSN: 08958696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/JMN:30:1:121     Document Type: Conference Paper

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