Mechanistic basis for low threshold mechanosensitivity in voltage-dependent K+ channels

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

Volumn 109, Issue 26, 2012, Pages 10352-10357

  Schmidt, Daniel ^a,b   Del Maŕmol, Josefina ^a   MacKinnon, Roderick ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIT MEDIA LAB   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Gating; Gigaseal; Membrane forces; Potassium channel

Indexed keywords

VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MEMBRANE STABILIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SENSATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ION CHANNEL GATING; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84862980748     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1204700109     Document Type: Article

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