Voltage-dependent gating of hERG potassium channels

Frontiers in Pharmacology

Volumn 3 MAY, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Cheng, Yen May ^a   Claydon, Tom W ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gating; Gating charge transfer center; Herg; Potassium channel; S4 S5 linker; Shaker; Voltage sensor

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL HERG; SHAKER POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INACTIVATION; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME STABILITY; FLUOROMETRY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84866019734     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16639812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2012.00083     Document Type: Article

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