Time-irreversible subconductance gating associated with Ba2+ block of large conductance Ca2+-activated K+ channels

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 343-362

  Bello, Ricardo A ^a   Magleby, Karl L ^a  

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

Author keywords

Asymmetric gating; Barium block; Microscopic reversibility; Preopening; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CHANNEL GATING; CONDUCTANCE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; BARIUM; CALCIUM; CELLS, CULTURED; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; ION CHANNEL GATING; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031915888     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.111.2.343     Document Type: Article

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