Thermodynamics of electromechanical coupling in voltage-gated ion channels

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 140, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 613-623

  Chowdhury, Sandipan ^a   Chanda, Baron ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL;

ALLOSTERISM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

ALLOSTERIC REGULATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION CHANNELS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84871020065     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: 15407748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.201210840     Document Type: Article

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