Principal role of NR3 subunits in NR1/NR3 excitatory glycine receptor function

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 354, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 102-108

  Madry, Christian ^a   Mesic, Ivana ^a   Bartholomäus, Ingo ^a   Nicke, Annette ^a   Betz, Heinrich ^a   Laube, Bodo ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agonist binding; Glutamate receptor; Glycine binding site; Ligand gated ion channel; NMDA receptor

Indexed keywords

CATION CHANNEL; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; MUTANT PROTEIN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 1; PROTEIN NR3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RECEPTOR BINDING; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; GLYCINE; OOCYTES; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECEPTORS, GLYCINE; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 33846313907     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.12.153     Document Type: Article

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