The action potential: From voltage-gated conductances to molecular structures

Biological Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 425-435

  Bezanilla, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM ION; TETRODOTOXIN; TETRYLAMMONIUM; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHANNEL GATING; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GIANT AXON; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE FIBER MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NERVE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; SODIUM CONDUCTANCE; SODIUM CURRENT; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

EID: 33751084829     PISSN: 07169760     EISSN: 07176287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0716-97602006000300005     Document Type: Review

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