Unique inner pore properties of BK channels revealed by quaternary ammonium block

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 43-57

  Li, Weiyan ^a   Aldrich, Richard W ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conductance; Patch clamp; Potassium channel

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; TETRYLAMMONIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; HISTOGRAM; ION PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; REPOLARIZATION;

ANIMALS; ION CHANNEL GATING; KINETICS; LARGE-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNELS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; OOCYTES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, CALCIUM-ACTIVATED; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 3142682254     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.200409067     Document Type: Article

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