Neurotransmitter transporters: Structure meets function

Structure

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 694-705

  Focke, Paul J ^a   Wang, Xiaoyu ^b   Larsson, H Peter ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; BIOGENIC AMINE; DOPAMINE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; GLYCINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER TRANSPORTER; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN; SODIUM; TRYPTOPHAN;

AQUIFEX AEOLICUS; BINDING SITE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; INVERTED REPEAT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NEUROTRANSMITTER UPTAKE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PYROCOCCUS HORIKOSHII; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STOICHIOMETRY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NEUROTRANSMITTER TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SODIUM; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 84877262325     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: 18784186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2013.03.002     Document Type: Review

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