Pulsed electron spin resonance resolves the coordination site of Cu 2+ ions in α1-glycine receptor

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2497-2506

  Ruthstein, Sharon ^a   Stone, Katherine M ^a   Cunningham, Timothy F ^a   Ji, Ming ^a   Cascio, Michael ^b   Saxena, Sunil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 78049329378     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2010.08.050     Document Type: Article

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