BK channels with β3a subunits generate use-dependent slow afterhyperpolarizing currents by an inactivation-coupled mechanism

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 4707-4715

  Zeng, Xu Hui ^a   Benzinger, G Richard ^a   Xia, Xiao Ming ^a   Lingle, Christopher J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Afterhyperpolarization; Auxiliary subunits; BK channels; Excitability; Gating; Inactivation

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; LARGE CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; CHANNEL GATING; DEPOLARIZATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; KINETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

CALCIUM; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; LARGE-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNELS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS;

EID: 34247494332     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0758-07.2007     Document Type: Article

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