title: On the role of ball and chain interactions in recovery from the inactivation of the shaker potassium channel.
abstract: We describe a new factor in the recovery from inactivation in the ball and chain model. We propose a model in which the tension from the chain may help pull the ball away from its binding site, reducing the duration of the inactivation period. A corresponding model was built and analysed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Chemistry and Technology of Polymers Section of Physics and Applied Mathematics, Silesian University of Technology, 44-100, Gliwice, Ks. M. Strzody 9, Poland. pborys@dione.cc
authors.forename: Przemysław
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Borys
authors.forename: Zbigniew J
authors.initials: ZJ
authors.lastname: Grzywna
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015640:Ion Channel Gating / Q000502:physiology*; D008954:Models, Biological; D008958:Models, Molecular; D011188:Potassium / Q000378:metabolism; D011487:Protein Conformation; D051637:Shaker Superfamily of Potassium Channels / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D051637:Shaker Superfamily of Potassium Channels; D011188:Potassium