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A less flexible BK channel opens more easily.
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PMID:  20620867     Owner:  NLM     Status:  PubMed-not-MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
BK potassium channels regulate spike width and firing rate. A BK point mutation in humans enhances channel activity, leading to epilepsy. In this issue of Neuron, Yang and colleagues use this mutation to demonstrate that channel opening is determined by the flexibility of a region that contains a Ca(2+)-binding site.
Authors:
Jack Kronengold; Leonard K Kaczmarek
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Comment; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Neuron     Volume:  66     ISSN:  1097-4199     ISO Abbreviation:  Neuron     Publication Date:  2010 Jun 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-07-12     Completed Date:  2010-08-06     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8809320     Medline TA:  Neuron     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  817-8     Citation Subset:  -    
Affiliation:
Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, New Haven, CT 06520-8066, USA.
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Neuron. 2010 Jun 24;66(6):871-83   [PMID:  20620873 ]

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