The desensitization gate of inhibitory Cys-loop receptors

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Gielen, Marc ^a,b   Thomas, Philip ^a   Smart, Trevor G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA1BETA2; CYSTEINE LOOP LIGAND GATED ION CHANNEL RECEPTOR; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; ION CHANNEL; PICROTOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ION EXCHANGE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NEUROLOGY;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHANNEL GATING; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HEK293 CELL LINE; HUMAN; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYSTEINE LOOP LIGAND-GATED ION CHANNEL RECEPTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; KINETICS; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OOCYTES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECEPTORS, GLYCINE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 84928143338     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7829     Document Type: Article

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