Functional interactions of voltage sensor charges with an S2 hydrophobic plug in hERG channels

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 289-303

  Cheng, Yen May ^a   Hull, Christina M ^a   Niven, Christine M ^a   Qi, Ji ^a   Allard, Charlene R ^a   Claydon, Tom W ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERG1 POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL HERG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; HUMAN; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; STATIC ELECTRICITY; XENOPUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ETHER-A-GO-GO POTASSIUM CHANNELS; HUMANS; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; ION CHANNEL GATING; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; STATIC ELECTRICITY; XENOPUS;

EID: 84883239263     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: 15407748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.201310992     Document Type: Article

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