A critical role for the branched sidechain adjacent to the third arginine of the sodium channel voltage sensor

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 637-643

  Helluin, O ^a   Beyermann, M ^b   Leuchtag, H R ^c   Duclohier, H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUT FÜR MOLEKULARE PHARMAKOLOGIE   (Germany)

^c TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMERIZATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC SWITCHES; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; LIPIDS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; SODIUM;

CHANNEL VOLTAGE SENSORS;

SENSORS;

EID: 0035414644     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/94.946716     Document Type: Article

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