Cryo-EM structure of the open high-conductance Ca2+ -activated K+ channel

Nature

Volumn 541, Issue 7635, 2017, Pages 46-51

  Tao, Xiao ^a   Hite, Richard K ^a   MacKinnon, Roderick ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; DIVALENT CATION; LARGE CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; MAGNESIUM; SLO1 CHANNEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; LIPID BILAYER; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

CALCIUM; CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ION; MEMBRANE; MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN;

APLYSIA CALIFORNICA; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; LIPID BILAYER; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; ALLOSTERISM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; APLYSIA; CHEMISTRY; CYTOPLASM; DRUG EFFECTS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR MODEL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

APLYSIA CALIFORNICA;

ALLOSTERIC REGULATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; APLYSIA; BINDING SITES; CALCIUM; CATIONS, DIVALENT; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CYTOPLASM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; LARGE-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNELS; LIPID BILAYERS; MAGNESIUM; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN DOMAINS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS;

EID: 85016145318     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature20608     Document Type: Article

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