Cholesterol-induced conformational changes in the oxytocin receptor

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 437, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 541-553

  Muth, Sabine ^a   Fries, Anja ^a   Gimpl, Gerald ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

bungarotoxin; Bungarotoxin binding site; Cholesterol; Human embryonic kidney (HEK) cell; Oxytocin receptor

Indexed keywords

ALPHA BUNGAROTOXIN; CHOLESTEROL; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIGAND BINDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR BINDING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CALCIUM; CHOLESTEROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXYTOCIN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 79960284935     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: 14708728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20101795     Document Type: Article

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