A highly conserved alanine in the S6 domain of the hERG1 K channel is required for normal gating

Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 22, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 601-610

  Brown, Scott ^a   Sonntag, David P ^a   Sanguinetti, Michael C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Gating; Potassium channel; Voltage clamp; Xenopus oocyte

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; CYSTEINE; DITHIOTHREITOL; GLUTAMIC ACID; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; METHIONINE; PHENYLALANINE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL HERG; SULFINIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TRYPTOPHAN; VALINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; ELECTRODE; HYDROPHOBICITY; ION TRANSPORT; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; VOLTAGE CLAMP; XENOPUS;

EID: 57649245543     PISSN: 10158987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000185544     Document Type: Article

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