Thermodynamic and kinetic properties of amino-terminal and S4-S5 loop HERG channel mutants under steady-state conditions

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3893-3911

  Alonso Ron, Carlos ^a   De La Peña, Pilar ^a   Miranda, Pablo ^a   Domínguez, Pedro ^a   Barros, Francisco ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA Y BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KCNH2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNEL HERG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CHANNEL GATING; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; KINETICS; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; THERMODYNAMICS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; ETHER-A-GO-GO POTASSIUM CHANNELS; ION CHANNEL GATING; KINETICS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; OOCYTES; POTASSIUM; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; THERMODYNAMICS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 43849103812     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.116731     Document Type: Article

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