Retour aux sources: Defining the structural basis of glutamate receptor activation

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 593, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 97-110

  Dawe, G Brent ^a   Aurousseau, Mark R ^a   Daniels, Bryan A ^a   Bowie, Derek ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE;

EID: 84920125558     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2014.277921     Document Type: Article

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