Disclosure of cholesterol recognition motifs in transmembrane domains of the human nicotinic acetylcholine receptor

Scientific Reports

Volumn 1, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Baier, Carlos J ^a,b   Fantini, Jacques ^c   Barrantes, Francisco J ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA ARGENTINA   (Argentina)

^c University of Mediterranée   (France)

^d Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquimicas Bahia Blanca   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CELL MEMBRANE; CHOLESTEROL; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC;

EID: 84860158205     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep00069     Document Type: Article

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