The screw-helical voltage gating of ion channels

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1421, 1999, Pages 843-852

  Keynes, Richard D ^b   Elinder, Fredrik ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Calcium channel; Potassium channel; Screw helix; Sodium channel; Voltage gating

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; ION CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HUMAN; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 3142682246     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0714     Document Type: Article

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