The contribution of individual subunits to the coupling of the voltage sensor to pore opening in Shaker K channels: Effect of ILT mutations in heterotetramers

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 136, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 555-568

  Gagnon, Dominique G ^a   Bezanilla, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SHAKER POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; CHANNEL GATING; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; MUTATION; OOCYTE; PATCH CLAMP; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; ION CHANNEL GATING; MUTATION; OOCYTES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; SHAKER SUPERFAMILY OF POTASSIUM CHANNELS; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 78649455219     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: 15407748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.201010487     Document Type: Article

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