A single GluN2 subunit residue controls NMDA receptor channel properties via intersubunit interaction

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 406-413

  Retchless, Beth Siegler ^a,b   Gao, Wei ^a,c   Johnson, Jon W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CALCIUM; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; MAGNESIUM; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM CONDUCTANCE; LEARNING; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; MUTANT; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOPHYSICAL PROCESSES; CALCIUM; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; GLYCINE; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; MAGNESIUM; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTAGENESIS; N-METHYLASPARTATE; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 84862777495     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: 15461726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.3025     Document Type: Article

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