A unique role for the S4 segment of domain 4 in the inactivation of sodium channels

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 549-556

  Chen, L Q ^a   Santarelli, V ^b   Horn, R ^b   Kallen, R G ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

gating; inactivation; S4 segments; sodium channels

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM ION;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; MUTATION; MYOCARDIUM; OOCYTES; SODIUM CHANNELS; XENOPUS;

EID: 0030453610     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.108.6.549     Document Type: Article

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