Binding thermodynamics of a glutamate transporter homolog

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 634-640

  Reyes, Nicolas ^a,b   Oh, Secheol ^b   Boudker, Olga ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; SODIUM ION;

ALLOSTERISM; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CROSS LINKING; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PYROCOCCUS HORIKOSHII; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 85027948926     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2548     Document Type: Article

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