An intramembrane aromatic network determines pentameric assembly of Cys-loop receptors

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 90-99

  Haeger, Svenja ^a   Kuzmin, Dmitry ^b,c   Detro Dassen, Silvia ^a   Lang, Niklas ^a   Kilb, Michael ^d   Tsetlin, Victor ^c   Betz, Heinrich ^b   Laube, Bodo ^b,d   Schmalzing, Günther ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

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

^d DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; GLYCINE RECEPTOR ALPHA1; ION CHANNEL; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; MUTAGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; MICE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTAGENESIS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECEPTORS, GLYCINE; RECEPTORS, SEROTONIN; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 77449135397     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.1721     Document Type: Article

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