Ion selectivity and gating mechanisms of FNT channels

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 499-506

  Waight, Andrew B ^a,b   Czyzewski, Bryan K ^a,c   Wang, Da Neng ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Kadmon Corporation LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANION CHANNEL; FORMATE CHANNEL; FORMATE NITRITE TRANSPORT CHANNEL; FORMIC ACID; HYDROSULFIDE CHANNEL; NITRITE CHANNEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL FUNCTION; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; CHANNEL GATING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN BOND; ION PERMEABILITY; ION SELECTIVITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; FORMATES; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION PUMPS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; VOLTAGE-DEPENDENT ANION CHANNELS;

EID: 84881100808     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: 1879033X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2013.05.007     Document Type: Review

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