The activation gate of a voltage-gated K+ channel can be trapped in the open state by an intersubunit metal bridge

Neuron

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 617-621

  Holmgren, Miguel ^a   Shin, Ki Soon ^a   Yellen, Gary ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CHANNEL GATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

EID: 0032168179     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6273(00)80571-1     Document Type: Article

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