Rectifying conductance substates in a large conductance Ca2+-activated K+ channel: Evidence for a fluctuating barrier mechanism

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 47-68

  Moss, Guy W J ^a   Moczydlowski, Edward ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APROTININ; CALCIUM ION; DENDROTOXIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM ION;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ION CONDUCTANCE; ION PERMEABILITY; NONHUMAN; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; AORTA; CALCIUM; CATTLE; ION CHANNELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POTASSIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 0030040324     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.107.1.47     Document Type: Article

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