Assembly of GABAA receptors (Review)

Molecular Membrane Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 302-310

  Sarto Jackson, Isabella ^a   Sieghart, Werner ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Assembly; GABAA receptor; Heterogeneity; Intermediates; Mechanism

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; AMINO ACID; CHAPERONE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ALPHA CHAIN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BETA CHAIN; BINDING SITE; CROSS LINKING; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; STOICHIOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

AMINO ACIDS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; HUMANS; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; MUTATION; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A;

EID: 42949114338     PISSN: 09687688     EISSN: 14645203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09687680801914516     Document Type: Review

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