Structure and function of potassium channels in plants: Some inferences about the molecular origin of inward rectification in KAT1 channels (Review)

Molecular Membrane Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 19-25

  Latorre, Ramon ^a,b   Muñoz, Fabián ^a   González, Carlos ^a   Cosmelli, Diego ^a  

^a CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS CIENTÍFICOS CECS   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Inward rectification; KAT1; Plant K+ channels

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PROTEIN KAT1; PROTEIN KAT2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHANNEL GATING; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT ROOT; POTASSIUM TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; REVIEW; XYLEM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ION CHANNEL GATING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, INWARDLY RECTIFYING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0344511766     PISSN: 09687688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0968768021000057371     Document Type: Review

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