Ion channels: Doing hard chemistry with hard ions

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 148-151

  Miller, Christopher ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; ION; ION CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

BACTERIUM; CATION TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0034111512     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-5931(99)00068-X     Document Type: Review

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