Paramyotonia congenita mutations reveal different roles for segments S3 and S4 of domain D4 in hSkM1 sodium channel gating

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 183-194

  Ji, Sen ^a   George Jr , Alfred L ^c   Horn, Richard ^b   Barchi, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CHANNEL GATING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PATHOGENESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SODIUM CURRENT; THOMSEN DISEASE;

ADULT; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; KINETICS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MYOTONIA CONGENITA; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; SODIUM CHANNELS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0029912460     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.107.2.183     Document Type: Article

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