Structure and function of voltage-gated sodium channels at atomic resolution

Experimental Physiology

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 35-51

  Catterall, William A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM; SODIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ATOM; BIOCHEMISTRY; DRUG BINDING SITE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SODIUM CONDUCTANCE; SODIUM TRANSPORT;

HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SODIUM; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; VOLTAGE-GATED SODIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 84892438148     PISSN: 09580670     EISSN: 1469445X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.2013.071969     Document Type: Article

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