Transitions near the open state in Shaker K+-channel: Probing with temperature

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 775-785

  Rodriguez B M ^a,b   Bezanilla, F ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cut open oocyte voltage clamp; Entropic and enthalpic changes; Four state model; K+ ionic current kinetics; K+ channel (Shaker); Temperature dependence; Voltage activation process

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONFORMATION; ENTROPY; ION CURRENT; KINETICS; MODEL; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; VOLTAGE CLAMP; XENOPUS;

EID: 0029970835     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0028-3908(96)00111-6     Document Type: Article

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