Biophysical and molecular properties of amiloride-inhibitable Na+ channels in alveolar epithelial cells

American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology

Volumn 271, Issue 1 15-1, 1996, Pages

  Matalon, Sadis ^a   Benos, Dale J ^b   Jackson, Robert M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

alveolar type II cells; fetal alveolar cells; hormones agonists; immunocytochemistry; lipid bilayers; molecular biology; patch clamp; short circuit current; sodium channel antibodies; rat epithelial sodium channel

Indexed keywords

AMILORIDE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SODIUM CHANNEL;

BIOPHYSICS; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPEROXIA; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL TYPE 2; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATCH CLAMP; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SODIUM TRANSPORT;

EID: 0029840609     PISSN: 10400605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.1996.271.1.l1     Document Type: Review

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