Bax forms two types of channels, one of which is voltage-gated

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2163-2169

  Lin, Shang H ^a   Perera, Meenu N ^a   Nguyen, Toan ^a   Datskovskiy, Debra ^a   Miles, Megan ^a   Colombini, Marco ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL; PROTEIN BAX;

ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; TIME;

BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION CHANNELS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80455129100     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2011.09.041     Document Type: Article

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