What single-channel analysis tells us of the activation mechanism of ligand-gated channels: The case of the glycine receptor

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 588, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-58

  Sivilotti, Lucia G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; AMPA RECEPTOR; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; ION CHANNEL; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CHANNEL GATING; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HYPEREKPLEXIA; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

ION CHANNEL GATING; LIGANDS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECEPTORS, GLYCINE; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 73549120879     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2009.178525     Document Type: Review

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