Evidence for a specific site for modulation of calcium channel activation by external calcium ions

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 431, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 470-472

  Zamponi, Gerald W ^a   Snutch, Terry P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Barium; Functional expression; Mole fraction effect; Surface charge density; Xenopus oocytes

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; ION CONDUCTANCE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE CHARGE; XENOPUS;

EID: 0029878073     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02207290     Document Type: Article

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