Gating mechanisms in Cys-loop receptors

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-49

  Cederholm, Jennie M E ^a,b   Schofield, Peter R ^a,b   Lewis, Trevor M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coupling; Cys loop receptor; Gating; Ligand gated ion channels; Review

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; CYSTEINE LOOP RECEPTOR; ION CHANNEL; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BINDING SITE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HUMAN; LIGAND BINDING; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOUSE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RAT; REVIEW;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CYSTEINE; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION CHANNELS; LIGANDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

TORPEDO MARMORATA;

EID: 70450255330     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00249-009-0452-y     Document Type: Review

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