Kinetic structure of large-conductance Ca2+-activated K+ channels suggests that the gating includes transitions through intermediate or secondary states: A mechanism for flickers

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 751-780

  Rothberg, Brad S ^a   Magleby, Karl L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

BK channel; Cooperativity; Intermediate states; Markov; Secondary states

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM ION;

ALLOSTERISM; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CHANNEL GATING; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ION CURRENT; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; POTASSIUM TRANSPORT; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CELLS, CULTURED; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ION CHANNEL GATING; KINETICS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; RATS;

EID: 0031749612     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.111.6.751     Document Type: Article

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