ClC channels: Reading eukaryotic function through prokaryotic spectacles

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 129-131

  Miller, Christopher ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE CHANNEL; GLUTAMIC ACID; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

CHANNEL GATING; CHLORIDE CHANNEL CLC TYPE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EUKARYOTE; ION PERMEABILITY; NOTE; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHLORIDE CHANNELS; CHLORINE; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; ION CHANNEL GATING; PROKARYOTIC CELLS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0041358801     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.200308898     Document Type: Note

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