Allosteric gating of a large conductance Ca-activated K+ channel

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 257-281

  Cox, D H ^a   Cui, J ^a   Aldrich, R W ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BK channel; Monod Wyman Changeux model; mslo; Potassium channel; Relaxation kinetics

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ALLOSTERISM; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BINDING; CHANNEL GATING; CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; KINETICS; MODEL;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HOMEOSTASIS; ION CHANNEL GATING; KINETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OOCYTES; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; STEREOISOMERISM; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0030968558     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.110.3.257     Document Type: Article

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