It's spring-time for slow inactivation

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 134, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 457-459

  Olcese, Riccardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SHAKER POTASSIUM CHANNEL; TETRYLAMMONIUM;

BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHANNEL GATING; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DEPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; NOTE; SLOW CHANNEL INACTIVATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; SHAKER SUPERFAMILY OF POTASSIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 73149113574     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: 15407748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.200910353     Document Type: Note

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