The voltage sensor in voltage-dependent ion channels

Physiological Reviews

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 555-592

  Bezanilla, Francisco ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM CHANNEL;

CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; CHANNEL GATING; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; HUMAN; ION CURRENT; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SENSOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034017867     PISSN: 00319333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physrev.2000.80.2.555     Document Type: Review

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