On the use of thiol-modifying agents to determine channel topology

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 797-804

  Holmgren, M ^a   Liu, Y ^a   Xu, Y ^b   Yellen, G ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical modification; Membrane protein topology; Methane thiosulfonate; Potassium channels; Site directed mutagenesis; Thiol reagents

Indexed keywords

LIPOSOME; N ETHYLMALEIMIDE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONFORMATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

EID: 0029860763     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0028-3908(96)00129-3     Document Type: Article

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