Intrinsic motions in the N-terminal domain of an ionotropic glutamate receptor detected by fluorescence correlation spectroscopy

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 414, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 96-105

  Jensen, Mette H ^a   Sukumaran, Madhav ^a   Johnson, Christopher M ^a   Greger, Ingo H ^a   Neuweiler, Hannes ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

fluorescence quenching; protein dynamics; signaling; single molecule fluorescence

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN HEK293; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; FLUORESCENCE CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOCHEMICAL QUENCHING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 81055140191     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: 10898638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2011.09.037     Document Type: Article

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