Mechanosensitivity is mediated directly by the lipid membrane in TRAAK and TREK1 K+ channels

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 3614-3619

  Brohawn, Stephen G ^a   Su, Zhenwei ^a   MacKinnon, Roderick ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gating; Mechanosensation; Potassium channel; Reconstitution; Tension

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL TRAAK; POTASSIUM CHANNEL TREK1; PROTEIN MSCL; PROTEIN MSCS; PROTEIN PIEZO1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; LIPID MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

GATING; MECHANOSENSATION; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; RECONSTITUTION; TENSION;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CHO CELLS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PICHIA; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, TANDEM PORE DOMAIN;

EID: 84895806869     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1320768111     Document Type: Article

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