Extracellular K+-dependence of Alka channel (IMAGE)

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Extracellular K+-dependence of Alka channel

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Increase in the extracellular K⁺ concentration decreases the electric currents passing through the Alka channel (A), indicating that K⁺ binding induces a state transition to the closed state in Alka (B).

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Takushi Shimomura

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