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1: Genome Biol. 2000;1(4):REVIEWS0004. Epub 2000 Oct 13.Click here to read Click here to read Links

An overview of the potassium channel family.

Miller C.

HHMI and Department of Biochemistry, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02454, USA. cmiller@brandeis.edu

Potassium channels, tetrameric integral membrane proteins that form aqueous pores through which K+ can flow, are found in virtually all organisms; the genomes of humans, Drosophila, and Caenorhabditis elegans contain 30-100 K+ channel genes each. The structure of a bacterial K+ channel, sequence comparisons with other channels and electrophysiological measurements have enabled conclusions about the mechanism of gating and ion flow to be drawn for many other channels.

PMID: 11178249 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

PMCID: PMC138870

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