The voltage-dependent gate in MthK potassium channels is located at the selectivity filter

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 159-166

  Posson, David J ^a   McCoy, Jason G ^a   Nimigean, Crina M ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZYLTRIBUTYLAMMONIUM; N [4 (BENZOYL)BENZYL] N,N,N TRIBUTYLAMMONIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; PROTEIN MTHK; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; TETRABUTYLAMMONIUM; TETRABUTYLANTIMONY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; BINDING KINETICS; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; KINETICS; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; METHANOTHERMOBACTER THERMAUTOTROPHICUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ION CHANNEL GATING; KINETICS; METHANOBACTERIUM; MODELS, MOLECULAR; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS;

EUKARYOTA; METHANOTHERMOBACTER THERMAUTOTROPHICUS;

EID: 84873570215     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2473     Document Type: Article

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