Probing protein packing surrounding the residues in and flanking the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor M2M3 loop

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1626-1635

  Wiltfong, Roger Ernest ^a   Jansen, Michaela ^a,b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Cys loop; Gating; Ion channel; Nicotine; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; CYSTEINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REACTION TIME; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; TORPEDO; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 60849085989     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4121-08.2009     Document Type: Article

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