Idiosyncratic gating of HERG-like K+ channels in microglia

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 795-805

  Pennefather, Peter S ^a,b   Zhou, Wei ^c   Decoursey, Thomas E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Deactivation; erg; Gating kinetics; Inactivation; Ion channels

Indexed keywords

CESIUM ION; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM ION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CHANNEL GATING; DEPOLARIZATION; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MICROGLIA; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIMULATION; STEADY STATE;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; CELLS, CULTURED; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ETHER-A-GO-GO POTASSIUM CHANNELS; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; KINETICS; MICROGLIA; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0031750816     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.111.6.795     Document Type: Article

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