Cross-linking of glycine receptor transmembrane segments two and three alters coupling of ligand binding with channel opening

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 962-969

  Lobo, Ingrid A ^a   Trudell, James R ^b   Harris, R Adron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohols; Anesthetics; Cross linking; Glycine receptor; Transmembrane segments; Xenopus laevis oocytes

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CHLOROFORM; DITHIOTHREITOL; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; ISOFLURANE; OCTANOL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; CHANNEL GATING; DISULFIDE BOND; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ALCOHOLS; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; GLYCINE; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; LIGANDS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; OOCYTES; RECEPTORS, GLYCINE; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; STRYCHNOS TOXIFERA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 4143058002     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2004.02561.x     Document Type: Article

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