Assembly of a π-π Stack of ligands in the binding site of an acetylcholine-binding protein

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Stornaiuolo, Mariano ^a   De Kloe, Gerdien E ^b   Rucktooa, Prakash ^a   Fish, Alexander ^a   Van Elk, René ^b   Edink, Ewald S ^b   Bertrand, Daniel ^c   Smit, August B ^b   De Esch, Iwan J P ^b   Sixma, Titia K ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Rue de Compois   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACETYLCHOLINE BINDING PROTEIN; BINDING PROTEIN; LIGAND; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DRUG; LIGAND; PARADIGM SHIFT; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY;

EID: 84878698690     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2900     Document Type: Article

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