Alcohol-binding sites in distinct brain proteins: The quest for atomic level resolution

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1561-1573

  Howard, Rebecca J ^a   Slesinger, Paul A ^b   Davies, Daryl L ^c   Das, Joydip ^d   Trudell, James R ^e   Harris, R Adron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

GIRK; Glycine receptor; IRK; Ligand gated ion channel; Protein binding; Protein kinase C; Protein structure; TRP channel

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMINO ACID; BRAIN PROTEIN; CARBENE; G PROTEIN COUPLED INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; HYDROGEN; HYDROXYL GROUP; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL; LIGAND GATED ION CHANNEL; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PROTEIN KINASE C EPSILON; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL M8; VANILLOID RECEPTOR 1;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CYTOPLASM; ENERGY; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; MODULATION; NONHUMAN; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

BINDING SITES; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; ETHANOL; G PROTEIN-COUPLED INWARDLY-RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNELS; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, INWARDLY RECTIFYING; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEINS;

EID: 79961056938     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2011.01502.x     Document Type: Article

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