New insights into the structural bases of activation of Cys-loop receptors

Journal of Physiology Paris

Volumn 106, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 23-33

  Bouzat, Cecilia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

Author keywords

5 HT 3 receptor; Cys loop receptors; Gating; Ion channel; Nicotinic receptor; Synaptic transmission

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACETYLCHOLINE; CYSTEINE LOOP LIGAND GATED ION CHANNEL RECEPTOR; GLYCINE; ION CHANNEL; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHANNEL GATING; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DESENSITIZATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEMORY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TARGETING; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CYSTEINE LOOP LIGAND-GATED ION CHANNEL RECEPTORS; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 84861189283     PISSN: 09284257     EISSN: 17697115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphysparis.2011.09.012     Document Type: Article

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