Arja Kuusinen

24.3.2000
Department of Biosciences, Division of Biochemistry and Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki and VTT Biotechnology, Espoo

Structure-Function Relations in AMPA Receptors

Reviewers:

Professor Heikki Rauvala, Institute of Biotechnology and Department of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki

Professor Mark S. Johnson, Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacy, Åbo Akademi University and Turku Centre for Biotechnology, Turku

Opponent:

Professor Esa Korpi, Department of Pharmacology, University of Turku, Turku

Custos:

Professor Kari Keinänen, Department of Biosciences, Division of Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences and Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki

Publications:

  1. Kuusinen A, Arvola M, Oker-Blom C & Keinänen K. (1995) Purification of recombinant GluR-D glutamate receptor produced in Sf2l insect cells. Eur. J. Biochem. 233:720-726.
  2. Kuusinen A, Arvola M & Keinänen, K. (1995) Molecular dissection of the agonist binding site of an AMPA receptor. EMBO Journal 14:6327-6332.
  3. Keinänen, K., Jouppila, A & Kuusinen A. (1998) Characterization of the kainate binding domain of the glutamate receptor GluR-6 subunit. Biochem. J. 30:1461-1467.
  4. Kuusinen A, Abele R, Madden DR & Keinänen K. (1999) Oligomerization and ligand-binding properties of the ectodomain of the AMPA receptor subunit GluRD. J. Biol. Chem. 274:28937-43.