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Apoptotic proteins Reaper and Grim induce stable inactivation in voltage-gated K+ channels.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 29 Sept 1998
Avdonin V, Kasuya J, Ciorba M A, Kaplan B, Hoshi T, Iverson L
Abstract excerpt
Drosophila genes reaper, grim, and head-involution-defective (hid) induce apoptosis in several cellular contexts. N-terminal sequences of these proteins are highly conserved and are similar to N-terminal inactivation domains of voltage-gated potassium (K+) channels. Synthetic Reaper and Grim N terminus peptides induced fast inactivation of Shaker-type K+ channels when applied to the cytoplasmic side of the...
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