Role of the S4 in cooperativity of voltage-dependent potassium channel activation

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 399-420

  Smith Maxwell, Catherine J ^a   Ledwell, Jennifer L ^a   Aldrich, Richard W ^a,b,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Patch clamp; Shaker; Voltage dependent gating

Indexed keywords

CATION CHANNEL; ION CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CHIMERA; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ION CHANNEL GATING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OOCYTES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0031905513     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.111.3.399     Document Type: Article

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