Opening the shaker K+ channel with hanatoxin

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 203-216

  Milescu, Mirela ^a,c   Lee, Hwa C ^a,d   Bae, Chan Hyung ^b   Kim, Jae Il ^b   Swartz, Kenton J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d BROADCOM CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HANATOXIN; PEPTIDE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; SHAKER POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CHANNEL GATING; DRUG EFFECT; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; ION CHANNEL GATING; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; OOCYTES; PEPTIDES; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; SHAKER SUPERFAMILY OF POTASSIUM CHANNELS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 84874730269     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: 15407748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.201210914     Document Type: Article

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