The energy and work of a ligand-gated ion channel

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 425, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1461-1475

  Auerbach, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

acetylcholine receptor; allostery; gating; ligand binding; thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

LIGAND GATED ION CHANNEL;

BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; COVALENT BOND; ENERGY; ENTHALPY; ENTROPY; GENE MUTATION; ISOMERIZATION; MEMBRANE ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW;

EID: 84876411224     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: 10898638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2013.01.027     Document Type: Review

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