Mutations in the S4 region isolate the final voltage-dependent cooperative step in potassium channel activation

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 389-414

  Ledwell, Jennifer L ^a   Aldrich, Richard W ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gating; Ion channel; Patch clamp; Shaker

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENE MUTATION; ION CURRENT; ION PERMEABILITY; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ION CHANNEL GATING; KINETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MUTATION; OOCYTES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SHAKER SUPERFAMILY OF POTASSIUM CHANNELS; XENOPUS;

EID: 0032894433     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.113.3.389     Document Type: Article

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