Potassium currents in cultured human pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cells

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1187-1196

  Peng, Wei ^a   Karwande, S V ^a   Hoidal, John R ^a   Farrukh, Imad S ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

calcium; calcium activated potassium channels; delayed rectifier potassium channels; patch clamp; potassium channels; pulmonary circulation

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM ION;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG ARTERY; PATCH CLAMP; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 0029970273     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1996.80.4.1187     Document Type: Article

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