Molecular physiology of cardiac potassium channels

Physiological Reviews

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 49-67

  Deal, Karen K ^a   England, Sarah K ^a   Tamkun, Michael M ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; ION CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE; MAMMAL CELL; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; MOLECULAR CLONING; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SARCOLEMMA;

EID: 0030025811     PISSN: 00319333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physrev.1996.76.1.49     Document Type: Review

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