The Quaternary Structure of a Calcium-Permeable AMPA Receptor: Conservation of Shape and Symmetry across Functionally Distinct Subunit Assemblies

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 382, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 578-584

  Midgett, Charles R ^a   Madden, Dean R ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

GluR2 AMPA receptor; ionotropic glutamate receptor; ligand gated ion channel; single particle electron microscopy; three dimensional structure

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; CALCIUM; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; UREA;

ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; PERMEABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; SYNAPTOSOME; VESTIBULE;

EID: 50149084710     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.07.021     Document Type: Article

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