Ion channels versus ion pumps: The principal difference, in principle

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 344-352

  Gadsby, David C ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (CALCIUM); ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM); CHLORIDE CHANNEL; HYDROGEN POTASSIUM ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ION CHANNEL; NEUROTRANSMITTER; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

CHANNEL GATING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIFFUSION; ENERGY; HUMAN; HYDROPHOBICITY; ION TRANSPORT; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THERMODYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; ION PUMPS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY;

EID: 67349185408     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: 14710080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrm2668     Document Type: Review

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