The solution structure of the S4-S5 linker of the hERG potassium channel

Journal of Peptide Science

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 140-145

  Gayen, Shovanlal ^a   Li, Qingxin ^a,b   Kang, Congbao ^a  

^a AGENCY FOR SCIENCE   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOENGINEERING AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

HERG; Membrane protein; Micelles; NMR; Potassium channel; S4 S5 linker

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL HERG; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHANNEL GATING; MICELLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MICELLES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 84863047730     PISSN: 10752617     EISSN: 10991387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psc.1427     Document Type: Article

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