Use of concatamers to study GABAA receptor architecture and function: Application to δ-subunit-containing receptors and possible pitfalls

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1338-1342

  Sigel, Erwin ^a   Kaur, Kuldeep H ^a   Lüscher, Benjamin P ^a   Baur, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

aminobutyric acid (GABA); aminobutyric acid type A receptor (GABAA receptor); Benzodiazepine; Concatenated subunit; Subunit specificity

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; FLURAZEPAM; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ALPHA CHAIN; ARTICLE; DRUG BINDING SITE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SUBUNIT CONCATENATION; ANIMAL; BINDING SITE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BENZODIAZEPINES; BINDING SITES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A;

EID: 70450184781     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST0371338     Document Type: Article

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