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Molecular basis of the charge selectivity of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor and related ligand-gated ion channels.
Novartis Foundation symposium - 1 Jan 1999
Corringer P J, Bertrand S, Galzi J L, Devillers-Thiéry A, Changeux J P, Bertrand D
Abstract excerpt
Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors are homo- or heteropentameric proteins belonging to the superfamily of receptor channels including the glycine and GABA-A receptors. Affinity labelling and mutagenesis experiments indicated that the M2 transmembrane segment of each subunit lines the ion channel and is coiled into an alpha-helix. Comparison of the M2 sequence of the cation-selective alpha 7 nicotinic receptor to...
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