Protein ligands for studying ion channel proteins
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Protein ligands for studying ion channel proteins
Protein toxins from venomous organisms have provided remarkable insights into the structure and mechanism of ion channel proteins (Kalia et al., 2015). One classic example is the work of Rod MacKinnon, Chris Miller, and their colleagues on the mechanism by which high-conductance calcium-activated potassium channels (or BK channels for Big K conductance) are inhibited by charybdotoxin (Anderson ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of General Physiology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0022-1295,1540-7748
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.201711776