Myocardial potassium channels: Electrophysiological and molecular diversity

Annual Review of Physiology

Volumn 58, Issue , 1996, Pages 363-394

  Barry, Dianne M ^a   Nerbonne, Jeanne M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

atria and ventricles; inward rectifiers; K+ channels; molecular cloning of ion channels; outward rectifiers

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM ION;

ACTION POTENTIAL; CHANNEL GATING; DEPOLARIZATION; HEART AUTOMATICITY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HUMAN; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0029942395     PISSN: 00664278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ph.58.030196.002051     Document Type: Review

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