Common mechanism of pore opening shared by five different potassium channels

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 3929-3940

  Shrivastava, Indira H ^a   Bahar, Ivet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL; MONOMER; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 33744926664     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.105.080093     Document Type: Article

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