Cysteine scanning and modification reveal major differences between BK channels and Kv channels in the inner pore region

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 29, 2011, Pages 12161-12166

  Zhou, Yu ^a   Xia, Xiao Ming ^a   Lingle, Christopher J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cysteine modification; K channels; Slo1 channels

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; KV CHANNEL INTERACTING PROTEIN; LARGE CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; S6 KINASE;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENERGY; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MUTAGENESIS; PERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN MODIFICATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CYSTEINE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; LARGE-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNELS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; OOCYTES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; XENOPUS;

EID: 79961055467     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1104150108     Document Type: Article

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