Properties and regulation of the minK potassium channel protein

Physiological Reviews

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 627-641

  Kaczmarek, L K ^a   Blumenthal, E M ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CYCLIC AMP; ESTROGEN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM ION; PROTEIN KINASE C;

ANIMAL CELL; GENE STRUCTURE; HORMONAL REGULATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; XENOPUS;

EID: 0030802358     PISSN: 00319333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physrev.1997.77.3.627     Document Type: Review

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