Mechanosensitive potassium channels in locust muscle membrane

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 346-350

  Mellor, I R ^a   Miller, B A ^a   Petrov, A G ^a,b   Tabarean, I ^a   Usherwood, P N R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOLID STATE PHYSICS   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Curvature sensitivity; Locust muscle; Mechanosensitivity; Potassium channels; Stretch sensitivity

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; LOCUST; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRESSURE; STRETCHING;

ANIMALIA; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA;

EID: 0032973354     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002490050217     Document Type: Article

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