Electrostatic interactions between transmembrane segments mediate folding of Shaker K+ channel subunits

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1489-1500

  Tiwari Woodruff, Seema K ^b   Schulteis, Christine T ^a   Mock, Allan F ^b   Papazian, Diane M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME SUBUNIT; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PROTEIN FOLDING; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030893809     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(97)78797-6     Document Type: Article

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