Use of calculated cation-π binding energies to predict relative strengths of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor agonists

ACS Chemical Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 693-702

  Tantama, Mathew ^a   Licht, Stuart ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CATION; CATION CHANNEL; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC AGENT; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BINDING SITES; CATIONS; DRUG DESIGN; ELECTRONS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 58149142625     PISSN: 15548929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cb800189y     Document Type: Article

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