Molecular dynamics simulations of the mammalian glutamate transporter EAAT3

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Heinzelmann, Germano ^a   Kuyucak, Serdar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 1; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 2; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 3; POTASSIUM ION; PROTON; SODIUM ION; GLUTAMIC ACID; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN BINDING; SLC1A1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; SLC1A1 PROTEIN, RAT; SODIUM;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; POTASSIUM TRANSPORT; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTON TRANSPORT; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; RAT; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; THERMODYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 3; GLUTAMIC ACID; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; RATS; SODIUM; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY, PROTEIN; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84898662786     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0092089     Document Type: Article

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