Modification of potassium channel kinetics by histidine-specific reagents

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 1990, Pages 757-775

  Spires, Sherrill ^a,b   Begenisich, Ted ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIETHYL PYROCARBONATE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GIANT AXON; INVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUID;

ANIMAL; AXONS; DIETHYL PYROCARBONATE; HISTIDINE; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; KINETICS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SQUID; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0024998075     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: 15407748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.96.4.757     Document Type: Article

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