Open AccessThe action of a BK channel opener
Author(s) -
Jianmin Cui
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the journal of general physiology/the journal of general physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.064
H-Index - 127
eISSN - 1540-7748
pISSN - 0022-1295
DOI - 10.1085/jgp.202012571
Subject(s) - bk channel , gating , chemistry , action (physics) , ion channel , biophysics , potassium channel , physics , biology , biochemistry , quantum mechanics , receptor
Rockman et al. in this issue of JGP describe how NS11021 opens BK channels, which make the compound a better tool to probe physiological roles and gating mechanisms of BK channels.