Emerging the role of the structure of brain membrane targets recognizing glutamate

Current Drug Discovery Technologies

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 70-74

  Simon, Ágnes ^a   Bencsura, Ákos ^a   Palló, Anna ^a   Héja, László ^a   Kardos, Julianna ^a  

^a CHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Glutamate conformation; Glutamate transporter; Ionotropic glutamate receptor; Metabotropic glutamate receptor; PDB database analysis

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; ION CHANNEL; IONOTROPIC RECEPTOR; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; BRAIN MEMBRANE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; HUMAN; LIGAND BINDING; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PHARMACOPHORE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; GLUTAMIC ACID; HUMANS; MEMBRANES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE;

EID: 40549108925     PISSN: 15701638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157016308783769496     Document Type: Review

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