The Haemonchus contortus UNC-49B subunit possesses the residues required for GABA sensitivity in homomeric and heteromeric channels

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 178, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 15-22

  Accardi, Michael V ^a,b   Forrester, Sean G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; GABA receptors; Haemonchus contortus; Structure function

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; FEMALE; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RECEPTOR SENSITIVITY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HAEMONCHUS; HELMINTH PROTEINS; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79957466351     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: 18729428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2011.04.002     Document Type: Article

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