Permeation and gating of an inwardly rectifying potassium channel: Evidence for a variable energy well

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 433-446

  Choe, Han ^a   Sackin, Henry ^b   Palmer, Lawrence G ^a  

^a Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

^b The Chicago Medical College   (United States)

Author keywords

Barium; Cesium; Oocyte; ROMK channel; Rubidium

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; CESIUM; EDETIC ACID; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; RUBIDIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHANNEL GATING; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HYPERPOLARIZATION; ION CONDUCTANCE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATCH CLAMP; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; BARIUM; CESIUM; CHELATING AGENTS; EDETIC ACID; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; ION CHANNEL GATING; OOCYTES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, INWARDLY RECTIFYING; RUBIDIUM; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0031688597     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.112.4.433     Document Type: Article

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