Working model for the structural basis for KCNE1 modulation of the KCNQ1 potassium channel

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 283-291

  Van Horn, Wade D ^a   Vanoye, Carlos G ^a   Sanders, Charles R ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNE1; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNQ1;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHANNEL GATING; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

MUSTELA;

EID: 79953117902     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2011.01.001     Document Type: Review

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