Filter flexibility in a mammalian K channel: Models and simulations of Kir6.2 mutants

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 2345-2356

  Capener, Charlotte E ^a   Proks, Peter ^b,c   Ashcroft, Frances M ^b   Sansom, Mark S P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHOLIPID; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM ION;

ARTICLE; BILAYER MEMBRANE; GENE MUTATION; MAMMAL; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA;

EID: 0037382256     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(03)75040-1     Document Type: Article

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