Ion channels in microbes

Physiological Reviews

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1449-1490

  Martinac, Boris ^a   Saimi, Yoshiro ^b   Kung, Ching ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM CHANNEL; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; ION CHANNEL; MECHANOSENSITIVE CHANNEL OF LARGE CONDUCTANCE; MECHANOSENSITIVE CHANNEL OF SMALLER CONDUCTANCE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PURINERGIC P2X RECEPTOR; RHODOPSIN; SODIUM CHANNEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE DEPENDENT ANION CHANNEL;

ALGA; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; BACTERIUM; CILIATE; LIPID BILAYER; MOULD; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VIRUS; YEAST; CHEMISTRY; EUKARYOTIC CELL; MECHANORECEPTOR; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROKARYOTIC CELL;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; ION CHANNELS; MECHANORECEPTORS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PROKARYOTIC CELLS;

EID: 55949108402     PISSN: 00319333     EISSN: 15221210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00005.2008     Document Type: Review

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