The pore of voltage-gated potassium ion channels is strained when closed

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Fowler, Philip W ^a   Sansom, Mark S P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

CHANNEL; ION; MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; POTASSIUM;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MUTATION; POROSITY; PROTEIN MOTIF; SIMULATION;

EID: 84878680599     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2858     Document Type: Article

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