The voltage sensor of ion channels revealed

Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 251-252

  Gregerson, Karen A ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL;

CELL FUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL TYPE; CHANNEL GATING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENDOCRINE CELL; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MUSCLE EXCITATION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSOR;

EID: 0041733160     PISSN: 10432760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1043-2760(03)00110-3     Document Type: Short Survey

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