Independent versus coupled inactivation in sodium channels role of the domain 2 S4 segment

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 451-462

  Mitrovic, Nenad ^a   George Jr , Alfred L ^b,c   Horn, Richard ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cysteine modification; Gating

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; ELECTRIC FIELD; GENE MUTATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARGININE; CYSTEINE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ION CHANNEL GATING; KINETICS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; SODIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 0031881488     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.111.3.451     Document Type: Article

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