Chapter 1 Studies of Voltage-Dependent and Inwardly Rectifying Potassium Channels

Current Topics in Membranes and Transport

Volumn 46, Issue C, 1999, Pages 1-5

  Jan, Lily Yeh ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 0003916547     PISSN: 00702161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0070-2161(08)60917-X     Document Type: Article

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