Cytoplasmic domains and voltage-dependent potassium channel gating

Frontiers in Pharmacology

Volumn 3 MAR, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Barros, Francisco ^a   Domínguez, Pedro ^a   de la Peña, Pilar ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA Y BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Activation deactivation gating; Cytoplasmic domains; Inactivation gating; Potassium channel; Structure function relationships; Voltage dependent gating

Indexed keywords

CALMODULIN; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; DELAYED RECTIFIER POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL HERG; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNQ; SHAKER POTASSIUM CHANNEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE DEPENDENT POTASSIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INACTIVATION; ENZYME RECONSTITUTION; GENE MAPPING; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NEUROMODULATION; OLIGOMERIZATION; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84866053486     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16639812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2012.00049     Document Type: Article

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