Mechanism of increased BK channel activation from a channel mutation that causes epilepsy

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 283-294

  Wang, Bin ^a   Rothberg, Brad S ^b   Brenner, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KINETICS; MUTATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CELL LINE; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; LARGE-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNELS; MICE; MUTATION; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 64549115388     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: 15407748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.200810141     Document Type: Article

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