Voltage Sensitivity and Gating Charge in Shaker and Shab Family Potassium Channels

The members of the voltage-dependent potassium channel family subserve a variety of functions and are expected to have voltage sensors with different sensitivities. The Shaker channel of Drosophila, which underlies a transient potassium current, has a high voltage sensitivity that is conferred by a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Islas, Leon D., Sigworth, Fred J.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Rockefeller University Press 1999
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2230542/