Structural implications of fluorescence quenching in the Shaker K+ channel

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 391-408

  Cha, Albert ^a,b   Bezanilla, Francisco ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluorescence quenching; Pore conformational changes; Shaker potassium channel

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL; TETRYLAMMONIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIOSENSOR; CHANNEL GATING; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ELECTRIC FIELD; FLUORESCENCE; ION CONDUCTANCE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; TITRIMETRY; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; FLUORESCENT DYES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ION CHANNEL GATING; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; OOCYTES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SCORPION VENOMS; SHAKER SUPERFAMILY OF POTASSIUM CHANNELS; TETRAETHYLAMMONIUM;

EID: 0031697562     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.112.4.391     Document Type: Article

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