The size of gating charge in wild-type and mutant Shaker potassium channels.

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Summary

A more direct measurement of q in Drosophila melanogaster Shaker 29-4 potassium channels yields a q value of 12.3 e0, which can be explained by a model for channel activation in which the equilibria of voltage-dependent steps are altered in the mutant channels.

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Published
1992-03-27
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Shaker, Potassium channel, Gating, Voltage, Chemistry

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