Measurement of the movement of the S4 segment during the activation of a voltage-gated potassium channel

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 433, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 91-97

  Yusaf, Shahnaz P ^a   Wray, Dennis ^a   Sivaprasadarao, Asipu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cysteine modification; Cysteine mutagenesis; Potassium channel; S4 movement; Shaker; Voltage gating

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MUTANT; CHANNEL GATING; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS;

4-CHLOROMERCURIBENZENESULFONATE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; ION CHANNEL GATING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OOCYTES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 0029845542     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004240050253     Document Type: Article

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