Families of ion channels with two hydrophobic segments

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 474-483

  North, R Alan ^a  

^a GLAXO INST FOR MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SODIUM CHANNEL;

CHANNEL GATING; HYDROPHOBICITY; MACROPHAGE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

MAMMALIA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 0030222204     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-0674(96)80023-8     Document Type: Article

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