Gating charges in the activation and inactivation processes of the hERG channel

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 703-718

  Zhang, Mei ^a   Liu, Jie ^a,b   Tseng, Gea Ny ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ion channel gating; Mutagenesis; Voltage sensor; Voltage gated K+ channel; Xenopus oocyte

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY RNA; CYSTEINE; DNA; ION CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL HERG; POTASSIUM ION; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; SENSOR; VOLTAGE CLAMP; XENOPUS;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; ELECTROSTATICS; ETHER-A-GO-GO POTASSIUM CHANNELS; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; OOCYTES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 10344246598     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.200409119     Document Type: Article

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