Lysine-rich extracellular rings formed by hβ2 subunits confer the outward rectification of BK channels

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Chen, Maorong ^a   Gan, Geliang ^b   Wu, Ying ^a   Wang, Lu ^a   Wu, Yingliang ^b   Ding, Jiuping ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARYBDOTOXIN; LARGE CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL BETA SUBUNIT; LYSINE; POTASSIUM ION; CALCIUM; EPITOPE; LARGE CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; LARGE CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL ALPHA SUBUNIT; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ELECTRIC CURRENT; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POTASSIUM TRANSPORT; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REPOLARIZATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRICITY; PATCH CLAMP; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CHARYBDOTOXIN; ELECTROSTATICS; EPITOPES; LARGE-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL ALPHA SUBUNITS; LARGE-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL BETA SUBUNITS; LARGE-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNELS; LYSINE; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN SUBUNITS;

EID: 47749111365     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002114     Document Type: Article

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