Molecular characterization of agonists that bind to an insect GABA receptor

Biochemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 2897-2902

  McGonigle, Ian ^a   Lummis, Sarah C R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIC GROUPS; AMMONIUM GROUPS; ATOMIC CHARGE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS; DOCKING PROCEDURES; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXTRACELLULAR DOMAINS; HOMOLOGY MODELS; IN-SILICO; MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION; RECEPTOR BINDING SITE; SEPARATION DISTANCES; XENOPUS OOCYTE;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BINDING ENERGY; DOCKING;

HYDROGEN BONDS;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; AMMONIA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPOLE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR BINDING; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GABA AGONISTS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTORS, GABA; STATIC ELECTRICITY; TRANSFECTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77950430431     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: 15204995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi901698c     Document Type: Article

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