The position of the fourth segment of domain 4 determines status of the inactivation gate in Na+ channels

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 4922-4930

  Yang, Ya Chin ^a   Kuo, Chung Chin ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Activation inactivation coupling; Charge movement; Gating charges; Inactivation; Sodium channels; Voltage sensors

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN S4 D4; SODIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM ION; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRICITY; GENE MUTATION; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SENSOR; SODIUM TRANSPORT; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SURFACE CHARGE; XENOPUS;

EID: 0037776009     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-12-04922.2003     Document Type: Article

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