Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors at atomic resolution

Current Opinion in Pharmacology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 306-310

  Tsetlin, Victor ^a,b   Hucho, Ferdinand ^b  

^a SHEMYAKIN OVCHINNIKOV INSTITUTE OF BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA BUNGAROTOXIN; COBROTOXIN; EPIBATIDINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

BINDING SITE; CHANNEL GATING; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ULTRASTRUCTURE ANALYSIS AND ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CARRIER PROTEINS; ION CHANNEL GATING; LIGANDS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; NICOTINIC ANTAGONISTS; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC;

EID: 65749107127     PISSN: 14714892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coph.2009.03.005     Document Type: Review

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