The cavity and pore helices in the KcsA K+ channel: Electrostatic stabilization of monovalent cations

Science

Volumn 285, Issue 5424, 1999, Pages 100-102

  Roux, Benoît ^a   MacKinnon, Roderick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; ELECTRICITY; LIPID BILAYER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUBILIZATION; STATISTICS; STREPTOMYCES LIVIDANS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATIONS, MONOVALENT; CELL MEMBRANE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ELECTROSTATICS; ION TRANSPORT; LIPID BILAYERS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; STREPTOMYCES; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOMYCES LIVIDANS;

EID: 0033516590     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.285.5424.100     Document Type: Article

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