Characterization of the gating conformational changes in the felbamate binding site in NMDA channels

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 456-466

  Chang, Huai Ren ^a   Kuo, Chung Chin ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; FELBAMATE; GLYCINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING KINETICS; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESENSITIZATION; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; DRUG BINDING; DRUG BINDING SITE; LIGAND BINDING; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; STOICHIOMETRY;

RATTUS;

EID: 34447313432     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.106.098095     Document Type: Article

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