Nitric oxide mediates outward potassium currents in opossum esophageal circular smooth muscle

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 270, Issue 6 33-6, 1996, Pages

  Jury, Jennifer ^a   Boev, K R ^b   Daniel, E E ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

calcium permeability; quinine; Sin 1; sodium nitroprusside

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (CALCIUM); CESIUM; CYCLOPIAZONIC ACID; EGTAZIC ACID; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; QUININE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE; DEPOLARIZATION; ESOPHAGUS MUSCLE; GLYCOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 0029801294     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.1996.270.6.g932     Document Type: Article

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