Fast inactivation of voltage-gated K+ channels: From cartoon to structure

News in Physiological Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 177-182

  Antz, Christoph ^a   Fakler, Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

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EID: 0010670227     PISSN: 08861714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiologyonline.1998.13.4.177     Document Type: Article

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