Structural dynamics of potassium-channel gating revealed by single-molecule FRET

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 31-36

  Wang, Shizhen ^a   Vafabakhsh, Reza ^b   Borschel, William F ^a   Ha, Taekjip ^b,c,d   Nichols, Colin G ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHANNEL GATING; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; LIPID MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; CHEMISTRY; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR MODEL; PROCEDURES; STAINING;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 84954367060     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.3138     Document Type: Article

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