Mechanism of Inward Rectification in Kir Channels

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 623-625

  John, Scott A ^a   Xie, Lai Hua ^a   Weiss, James N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMINE; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL; MONOAMINE; POLYAMINE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM ION;

ANIMAL CELL; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL SUBUNIT KIR2.1; LETTER; MEMBRANE ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MODEL; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; THERMODYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; ION CHANNEL GATING; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; OOCYTES; POLYAMINES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, INWARDLY RECTIFYING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 2342562496     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.200409017     Document Type: Letter

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