The role of a single aspartate residue in ionic selectivity and block of a murine inward rectifier K+ channel Kir2.1

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 493, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 643-649

  Abrams, C J ^a   Davies, N W ^a   Shelton, P A ^a   Stanfield, P R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MEMBRANE ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

EID: 0030055499     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1996.sp021411     Document Type: Article

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