Transduction of voltage and Ca2+ signals by Slo1 BK channels

Physiology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 172-189

  Hoshi, T ^a   Pantazis, A ^b   Olcese, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KCNMA1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; LARGE CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL ALPHA SUBUNIT; PROTEIN BINDING;

ANIMAL; BINDING SITE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CHANNEL GATING; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; METABOLISM; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; PROTEIN BINDING; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CALCIUM SIGNALING; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; LARGE-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL ALPHA SUBUNITS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 84878598078     PISSN: 15489213     EISSN: 15489221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiol.00055.2012     Document Type: Review

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