Surface charges of K channels: Effects of strontium on five cloned channels expressed in Xenopus oocytes

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 325-332

  Elinder, Fredrik ^a   Madeja, Michael ^b   Århem, Peter ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

rat K channels; voltage clamp; voltage gated channels

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL; STRONTIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CHANNEL GATING; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0029762942     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.108.4.325     Document Type: Article

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