Probing the outer vestibule of a sodium channel voltage sensor

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 2260-2268

  Yang, Naibo ^a,c   George Jr , Alfred L ^b   Horn, Richard ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; SODIUM CHANNEL; THIOSULFATE;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC FIELD; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; HYPERPOLARIZATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 0030731887     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(97)78258-4     Document Type: Article

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