External barium affects the gating of KCNQ1 potassium channels and produces a pore block via two discrete sites

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 83-102

  Gibor, Gilad ^a   Yakubovich, Daniel ^a   Peretz, Asher ^a   Attali, Bernard ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Channel gating; Inactivation; Ion channels; Outer vestibule; Permeation

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; ION CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNQ1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CHANNEL GATING; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; LONG QT SYNDROME; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; POTASSIUM CURRENT; SIMULATION; STEADY STATE;

ANIMALS; BARIUM; BINDING SITES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; KCNQ POTASSIUM CHANNELS; KCNQ1 POTASSIUM CHANNEL; KINETICS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; OOCYTES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 3142685225     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.200409068     Document Type: Article

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