Equilibrium selectivity alone does not create K + -selective ion conduction in K + channels

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Liu, Shian ^a   Lockless, Steve W ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATION CHANNEL; ION CHANNEL; NAK CATION CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; CATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; FILTER; ION CONDUCTANCE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

BACILLUS CEREUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ION CHANNEL GATING; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 84887758737     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3746     Document Type: Article

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