Probing ion-channel pores one proton at a time

Nature

Volumn 438, Issue 7070, 2005, Pages 975-980

  Cymes, Gisela D ^a   Ni, Ying ^a   Grosman, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; CONFORMATIONS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FREE ENERGY; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

IONIZABLE RESIDUES; PROTON AFFINITY;

PROTEINS;

ARGININE; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CATION; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; HISTIDINE; ION CHANNEL; LYSINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; PROTON; WATER;

MEMBRANE;

ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN HEK293; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IONIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON TRANSPORT;

EID: 30744470883     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04293     Document Type: Article

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