On the selective ion binding hypothesis for potassium channels

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

Volumn 108, Issue 44, 2011, Pages 17963-17968

  Kim, Ilsoo ^a   Allen, Toby W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

BAR US method; Ion selectivity; Potassium ion channel

Indexed keywords

BARIUM ION; OXYGEN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION;

ARTICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SODIUM; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 81055126297     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1110735108     Document Type: Article

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