Charge scan reveals an extended region at the intracellular end of the GABA receptor pore that can influence ion selectivity

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 87-97

  Wotring, Virginia E ^a   Weiss, David S ^b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ACETYLCHOLINE; AMINO ACID; CHLORIDE; CYSTEINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; ION CHANNEL; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN; SODIUM;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; CHANNEL GATING; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ION CONDUCTANCE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OOCYTES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RECEPTORS, GABA-B; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 38049074401     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: 00221295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.200609701     Document Type: Article

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