Opening and Closing of KcnkØ Potassium Leak Channels Is Tightly Regulated
Zilberberg N, Ilan N, Gonzalez-Colaso R, Goldstein S. Opening and Closing of KcnkØ Potassium Leak Channels Is Tightly Regulated. The Journal Of General Physiology 2000, 116: 721-734. PMID: 11055999, PMCID: PMC2229483, DOI: 10.1085/jgp.116.5.721.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLeak channelsCarboxy-terminal tailMultiple regulatory pathwaysProtein kinase CDrosophila melanogasterRegulated fashionRegulatory pathwaysChannel gateDeletion yieldsKinase CIndependent molecular entitiesPotassium leak channelsClosed stateMembrane excitabilityOpen probabilityMelanogasterMolecular entitiesCloningTailPathwayActivationGatingInhibition