hERG potassium channel gating is mediated by N-and C-terminal region interactions

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 315-325

  Gustina, Ahleah S ^a,b   Trudeau, Matthew C ^b  

^a Program in Neuroscience   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE; ERG1 POTASSIUM CHANNEL; HYBRID PROTEIN; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNEL HERG;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CHANNEL GATING; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; HUMAN; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; ETHER-A-GO-GO POTASSIUM CHANNELS; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; KINETICS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDES, CYCLIC; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 79952120982     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: 15407748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.201010582     Document Type: Article

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