Dendrimeric tetravalent ligands for the serotonin-gated ion channel.
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Multivalency is widely used in nature in specific recognition processes. This paper describes an approach to multivalency in the pentameric 5-HT3 receptor, a ligand-gated ion channel, which constitutes an example of intrinsically multivalent biological receptors. Owing to the picomolar Ki value, TETRA-L represents an outstanding multivalent ligand for the neurotransmitter receptor.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Chemical communications
دوره 50 62 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2014