Inward rectification of the IRK1 channel expressed in Xenopus oocytes: Effects of intracellular pH reveal an intrinsic gating mechanism

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 494, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 363-376

  Shieh, Ru Chi ^a,b   John, Scott A ^a   Lee, Jong Kook ^a   Weiss, James N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM ION; POLYAMINE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL PH; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; ISCHEMIA; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLTAGE CLAMP; XENOPUS;

EID: 0029842521     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1996.sp021498     Document Type: Article

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