The origin of subconductance levels in voltage-gated K+ channels

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 83-86

  Bezanilla, Francisco ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS CIENTÍFICOS CECS   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN SUBUNIT; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

CONDUCTANCE; CONFORMATION; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN SUBUNITS;

EID: 23744503364     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.200509352     Document Type: Note

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