The α-helix and the organization and gating of channels

Annual Review of Biophysics and Biomolecular Structure

Volumn 31, Issue , 2002, Pages 207-233

  Spencer, Robert H ^a   Rees, Douglas C ^a  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Conformational changes; Ion channels; Membrane proteins; Transmembrane helices

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON; ION CHANNEL; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ALPHA HELIX; CHANNEL GATING; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SOLUTE;

EID: 0036086351     PISSN: 10568700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.biophys.31.082901.134329     Document Type: Review

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