Histidine scanning mutagenesis of basic residues of the S4 segment of the Shaker K+ channel

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 469-490

  Starace, Dorine M ^a   Bezanilla, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gating current; Potassium channel; Proton channel; Proton transport; Voltage sensor

Indexed keywords

HISTIDINE; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; KINETICS; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PH; PROTON TRANSPORT;

ANIMALS; HISTIDINE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ION CHANNEL GATING; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTAGENESIS; OOCYTES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTONS; SHAKER SUPERFAMILY OF POTASSIUM CHANNELS; XENOPUS;

EID: 0035039731     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.117.5.469     Document Type: Article

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