Search for the acetylcholine and vesamicol binding sites in vesicular acetylcholine transporter: The region around the lumenal end of the transport channel

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 984-993

  Khare, Parul ^a   Mulakaluri, Anuprao ^a   Parsons, Stanley M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Synaptic vesicle; Transporter; Vesamicol; Vesicular acetylcholine transporter

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; VESAMICOL; VESICULAR ACETYLCHOLINE TRANSPORTER;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILTRATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; ISOTOPE LABELING; MUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALLOSTERIC REGULATION; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PC12 CELLS; PIPERIDINES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RATS; VESICULAR ACETYLCHOLINE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

RATTUS;

EID: 77958527110     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2010.06990.x     Document Type: Article

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