The pore-lining region of shaker voltage-gated potassium channels: Comparison of β-barrel and α-helix bundle models

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 581-602

  Kerr, Ian D ^a   Sansom, Mark S P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CHANNEL GATING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030748569     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(97)78095-0     Document Type: Article

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