A hydrophobic element secures S4 voltage sensor in position in resting Shaker K+ channels

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 582, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1059-1072

  Yang, Ya Chin ^a,b   Own, Chia Jen ^c   Kuo, Chung Chin ^c,d  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ARGININE; LEUCINE; LYSINE; SHAKER POTASSIUM CHANNEL; THIOL DERIVATIVE; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL KINETICS; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC FIELD; FEMALE; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; HYPERPOLARIZATION; LIPID MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; STEADY STATE; BIOSENSOR; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CHANNEL GATING; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO ACIDS, DIAMINO; ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; OOCYTES; POINT MUTATION; SHAKER SUPERFAMILY OF POTASSIUM CHANNELS; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 34547113754     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2007.131490     Document Type: Article

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