The atypical cation-conduction and gating properties of ELIC underscore the marked functional versatility of the pentameric ligand-gated ion-channel fold

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 15-36

  Gonzalez Gutierrez, Giovanni ^a   Grosman, Claudio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATION; LIGAND; LIGAND GATED ION CHANNEL; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHANNEL GATING; GENETICS; HEK293 CELL LINE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOUSE; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; CATIONS; CELL LINE; CELL MEMBRANE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; LIGAND-GATED ION CHANNELS; LIGANDS; MICE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC;

EID: 84943603592     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: 15407748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.201411333     Document Type: Article

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