Gating of nicotinic ACh receptors: Latest insights into ligand binding and function

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 588, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 597-602

  Yakel, Jerrel L ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE BINDING PROTEIN; BINDING PROTEIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CYSTEINE LOOP LIGAND GATED ION CHANNEL RECEPTOR;

CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CHANNEL GATING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DESENSITIZATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE MUTATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR CLONING; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; MOLECULAR MODEL; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; ION CHANNEL GATING; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC;

EID: 77949509797     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2009.182691     Document Type: Review

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