Transfer of twelve charges is needed to open skeletal muscle Na+ channels

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 1053-1068

  Hirschberg, Birgit ^a   Rovner, Arthur ^a   Lieberman, Mitchell ^a   Patlak, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OOCYTES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; SODIUM CHANNELS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029610155     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.106.6.1053     Document Type: Article

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