Functional coupling of the β1 subunit to the large conductance ca2+- activated K+ channel in the absence of Ca2+ increased Ca2+ sensitivity from a Ca2+-independent mechanism

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 719-734

  Nimigean, Crina M ^a,b   Magleby, Karl L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Dept of Physiol and Biophys R430 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

K(Ca) channel; Maxi K channel; Monod Wyman Changeux; MSlo; Single channel

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

CALCIUM; CELL LINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; KIDNEY; KINETICS; LARGE-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL ALPHA SUBUNITS; LARGE-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNELS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, CALCIUM-ACTIVATED; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0034046234     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.115.6.719     Document Type: Article

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