1999
Two-Microelectrode Voltage Clamp of Xenopus Oocytes: Voltage Errors and Compensation for Local Current Flow
Baumgartner W, Islas L, Sigworth F. Two-Microelectrode Voltage Clamp of Xenopus Oocytes: Voltage Errors and Compensation for Local Current Flow. Biophysical Journal 1999, 77: 1980-1991. PMID: 10512818, PMCID: PMC1300479, DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(99)77039-6.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1998
Activation of Shaker Potassium Channels
Schoppa N, Sigworth F. Activation of Shaker Potassium Channels. The Journal Of General Physiology 1998, 111: 295-311. PMID: 9450945, PMCID: PMC2222768, DOI: 10.1085/jgp.111.2.295.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchActivation of Shaker Potassium Channels
Schoppa N, Sigworth F. Activation of Shaker Potassium Channels. The Journal Of General Physiology 1998, 111: 313-342. PMID: 9450946, PMCID: PMC2222769, DOI: 10.1085/jgp.111.2.313.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchActivation of Shaker Potassium Channels
Schoppa N, Sigworth F. Activation of Shaker Potassium Channels. The Journal Of General Physiology 1998, 111: 271-294. PMID: 9450944, PMCID: PMC2222764, DOI: 10.1085/jgp.111.2.271.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1993
Substitution of a hydrophobic residue alters the conformational stability of Shaker K+ channels during gating and assembly
McCormack K, Lin L, Sigworth F. Substitution of a hydrophobic residue alters the conformational stability of Shaker K+ channels during gating and assembly. Biophysical Journal 1993, 65: 1740-1748. PMID: 8274662, PMCID: PMC1225901, DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(93)81202-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsBase SequenceBiophysical PhenomenaBiophysicsDNA, ComplementaryDrosophilaDrug StabilityFemaleIon Channel GatingMembrane PotentialsMolecular Sequence DataMutagenesis, Site-DirectedOocytesPeptidesPotassium ChannelsProtein ConformationShaker Superfamily of Potassium ChannelsThermodynamicsXenopus laevisConceptsUncharged amino acid residuesLeucine heptad repeatWild-type subunitsPosition 370Large hydrophobic residuesAmino acid residuesSequence motifsConservative substitutionsHeptad repeatHydrophobic residuesVoltage-gated channelsLeucine residuesAcid residuesTertiary structureS4 segmentSpecific hydrophobic interactionsHydrophilic residuesResidue altersChannel subunitsInactivation gatingChannel complexSubunitsConformational stabilityConformational transitionResidues