Homogeneous development of electrical excitability via heterogeneous ion channel expression

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1123-1130

  Ribera, Angeles B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

dominant negative; electrical excitability; gene expression; neuronal differentiation; potassium channels; Xenopus embryos

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INTERNEURON; MOTOR NERVE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; XENOPUS;

EID: 0029944783     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-03-01123.1996     Document Type: Article

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