Divalent cation interactions with light-dependent K channels. Kinetics of voltage-dependent block and requirement for an open pore

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 653-671

  Nasi, Enrico ^a,b   Del Pilar Gomez, Maria ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Channel block; K+ channels; Photoreceptors; Rectification

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; MAGNESIUM; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CHANNEL GATING; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

ADAPTATION, OCULAR; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CATIONS, DIVALENT; DARK ADAPTATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; ION CHANNEL GATING; KINETICS; MAGNESIUM; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MOLLUSCA; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; POTASSIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 0032693965     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.114.5.653     Document Type: Article

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