High-resolution structure of the open NaK channel

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 30-34

  Alam, Amer ^b   Jiang, Youxing ^a,b  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; GLYCINE; PHENYLALANINE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; RUBIDIUM 86; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ION CONDUCTANCE; ION CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHLORIDES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ION CHANNELS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RUBIDIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

BACILLUS CEREUS;

EID: 58149250085     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.1531     Document Type: Article

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