How S4 Segments Move Charge. Let Me Count the Ways

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-4

  Horn, Richard ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHANNEL GATING; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROPHORESIS; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MEMBRANE S4 SEGMENT; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; NOTE; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTON TRANSPORT; THERMODYNAMICS;

CELL MEMBRANE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION CHANNELS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0346462899     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.200308975     Document Type: Note

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