Potentiation of Neuronal Nicotinic Receptors by 17β-Estradiol: Roles of the Carboxy-Terminal and the Amino-Terminal Extracellular Domains

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2015, Pages

  Jin, Xiaochun ^a   Steinbach, Joe Henry ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ESTRADIOL; LEUCINE; LYSINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR ALPHA2; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR ALPHA4; PHENYLALANINE; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AMINO ACID; NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR ALPHA4 SUBUNIT; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEROID BINDING; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; XENOPUS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MUTATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; ESTRADIOL; HUMANS; MICE; MUTATION; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 84956944535     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0144631     Document Type: Article

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