Ion channel structures: A review of recent progress

Current Opinion in Drug Discovery and Development

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 611-619

  Domene, Carmen ^a   Haider, Shozeb ^a   Sansom, Mark S P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crystal structure; Gating; Ion channel; Membrane protein; Molecular simulation

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL; ION CHANNEL; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

BINDING SITE; CHANNEL GATING; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIGAND BINDING; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION CHANNELS; LIGANDS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; VIRAL MATRIX PROTEINS;

EID: 0142027835     PISSN: 13676733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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