Ching Kung

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Publishes on Protist diversity and phylogeny, Ion channel regulation and function, Photoreceptor and optogenetics research. 162 papers and 10.9k citations.

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162Publications

10.9kTotal Citations

First publication: 1971First senior author: 1973

Protist diversity and phylogeny Ion channel regulation and function Photoreceptor and optogenetics research Plant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies Ion Channels and Receptors

Top publicationsby citations

A large-conductance mechanosensitive channel in E. coli encoded by mscL alone

Sergei Sukharev, Ching Kung, Frederick R. Blattner et al.|Nature|1994

Cited by 747

A possible unifying principle for mechanosensation

Ching Kung|Nature|2005

Cited by 677

Mechanosensitive ion channels of E. coli activated by amphipaths

Boris Martinac, Ching Kung, Julius Adler|Nature|1990

Cited by 508

Energetic and Spatial Parameters for Gating of the Bacterial Large Conductance Mechanosensitive Channel, MscL

Sergei Sukharev, Frederick Sachs, Ching Kung et al.|The Journal of General Physiology|1999

Cited by 411

A Mechanosensitive Ion Channel in the Yeast Plasma Membrane

Michael C. Gustin, Ching Kung, Boris Martinac et al.|Science|1988

Cited by 379