Potassium channel

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Broader Terms

membrane channel

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• After bombarding the crystals with x-rays, MacKinnon and his colleagues were able to deduce that the potassium channel is made up of four identical subunits assembled in the shape of an inverted teepee.
• The sodium-activated potassium channel is encoded by a member of the Slo gene family.
• 1 potassium channel is described by:Kuo A, Gulbis JM, Antcliff JF, Rahman T, Lowe ED, Zimmer J, Cuthbertson J, Ashcroft FM, Ezaki T, Doyle DA.
• Biophysical Journal 89:1020-1029 (2005) 2005 The Biophysical Society KvAP-Based Model of the Pore Region of Shaker Potassium Channel Is Consistent with Cadmium- and Ligand-Binding Experiments Iva Bruhova and Boris S.
• ATP-sensitive potassium channel is essential to maintain basal coronary vascular tone in vivo.

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