Regulation of voltage-activated K+ channel gating by transmembrane β subunits

Frontiers in Pharmacology

Volumn 3 APR, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Sun, Xiaohui ^a,b,c   Zaydman, Mark A ^a,b,c   Cui, Jianmin ^a,b,c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

subunit; BK; Channel; KV KCNQ1; KCNE; KCNMB; LRRC

Indexed keywords

CHARYBDOTOXIN; IBERIOTOXIN; LEUCINE; LEUCINE RICH REPEAT CONTAINING PROTEIN 26; LEUCINE RICH REPEAT CONTAINING PROTEIN 52; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BK BETA SUBUNIT; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BK PORE FORMING ALPHA SUBUNIT; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNE BETA SUBUNIT; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNE1; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNE3; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNE4; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNQ1; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KV ALPHA SUBUNIT; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KV BETA SUBUNIT; TRANSMEMBRANE BETA 1 SUBUNIT; TRANSMEMBRANE BETA 2 SUBUNIT; TRANSMEMBRANE BETA 4 SUBUNIT; TRANSMEMBRANE BETA SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; CHANNEL GATING; CROSS COUPLING REACTION; HUMAN; LEUCINE RICH REPEAT DOMAIN; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PORE GATE DOMAIN; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; VOLTAGE SENSING DOMAIN;

EID: 84866014839     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16639812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2012.00063     Document Type: Article

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