Pharmacology of structural changes at the GABA A receptor transmitter binding site

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 162, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 840-850

  Akk, Gustav ^a,b   Li, Ping ^a   Bracamontes, John ^a   Wang, Mengya ^a   Steinbach, Joe Henry ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Campus Box 8054 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

fluorescence; GABA A receptor; modulation

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 PIPERIDINESULFONIC ACID; BETA ALANINE; ETOMIDATE; GABOXADOL; MUSCIMOL; PENTOBARBITAL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; FLUORESCENT DYES; GABA-A RECEPTOR AGONISTS; GABA-A RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; LIGANDS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTANT PROTEINS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; QUINOLINIUM COMPOUNDS; RATS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 79251476558     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: 14765381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2010.01083.x     Document Type: Article

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