Human ether-a-go-go-related gene K+ channel gating probed with extracellular Ca2+: Evidence for two distinct voltage sensors

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 565-580

  Johnson Jr , J P ^a   Mullins, Franklin M ^a   Bennett, Paul B ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Divalent cation; Gating kinetics; Human ether a go go related gene; Membrane surface charge; Potassium ion channel

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEIN; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ERG PROTEIN, HUMAN; ERG1 POTASSIUM CHANNEL; KCNH2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; KCNH6 PROTEIN, HUMAN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL HERG; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BINDING; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CHANNEL GATING; CHO CELL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; GENE INACTIVATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; VOLTAGE CLAMP; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; HAMSTER; HUMAN; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PATCH CLAMP; PHYSIOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ETHER-A-GO-GO POTASSIUM CHANNELS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; KINETICS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0032587356     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.113.4.565     Document Type: Article

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