The sliding-helix voltage sensor: Mesoscale views of a robust structure-function relationship

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 705-721

  Peyser, Alexander ^a   Nonner, Wolfgang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Ion channels; Potassium channels; Voltage gated; Voltage sensor domain

Indexed keywords

VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; ION CHANNEL GATING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 84866552950     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00249-012-0847-z     Document Type: Article

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