A single charged voltage sensor is capable of gating the Shaker K + channel

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 133, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 467-483

  Gagnon, Dominique G ^a   Bezanilla, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SHAKER POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENSOR; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; ION CHANNEL GATING; KINETICS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICROINJECTIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; OOCYTES; PERMEABILITY; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; SHAKER SUPERFAMILY OF POTASSIUM CHANNELS; XENOPUS;

EID: 66049159090     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: 15407748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.200810082     Document Type: Article

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