Coupled movements in voltage-gated ion channels

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 449-453

  Horn, Richard ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL;

CHANNEL GATING; ELECTRIC FIELD; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE EXCITABILITY; REVIEW; SENSOR; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; PERMEABILITY; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED;

EID: 0036794098     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.20028658     Document Type: Review

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