The pore helix is involved in stabilizing the open state of inwardly rectifying K+ channels

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 300-312

  Alagem, Noga ^a   Yesylevskyy, Semen ^a   Reuveny, Eitan ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM ION; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHANNEL GATING; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CONFORMATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; ION TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR STABILITY; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PH; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SECOND MESSENGER;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0038579261     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(03)74475-0     Document Type: Article

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