Contribution of the NH2 terminus of Kv2.1 to channel activation

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 273, Issue 6 42-6, 1997, Pages

  Pascual, Juan M ^a,b,d   Shieh, Char Chang ^c   Kirsch, Glenn E ^c   Brown, Arthur M ^c  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical modification; Cysteine; Electrophysiology; Site directed mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; THIOMESYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; DELAYED RECTIFIER POTASSIUM CHANNEL; DITHIOTHREITOL; DRUG DERIVATIVE; MESYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SHAB POTASSIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; COVALENT BOND; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; VOLTAGE CLAMP; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; KINETICS; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

ANIMALIA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; DELAYED RECTIFIER POTASSIUM CHANNELS; DITHIOTHREITOL; ION CHANNEL GATING; KINETICS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; METHYL METHANESULFONATE; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; OOCYTES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE DELETION; SHAB POTASSIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 0031306025     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.1997.273.6.c1849     Document Type: Article

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