Pore structure of the Cys-loop ligand-gated ion channels

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1805-1815

  Absalom, Nathan L ^a,b   Schofield, Peter R ^a,c   Lewis, Trevor M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b GARVAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Glycine receptor; Ligand gated ion channel; M2; Pore structure; Substituted cysteine accessibility method

Indexed keywords

ANION CHANNEL; CATION CHANNEL; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYSTEINE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; LIGAND; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CYSTEINE; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION CHANNELS; LIGANDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; TORPEDO;

ANIMALIA; PROKARYOTA; TORPEDO MARMORATA;

EID: 69049084479     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11064-009-9971-2     Document Type: Review

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