Inward rectifier potassium channels

Annual Review of Physiology

Volumn 59, Issue , 1997, Pages 171-191

  Nichols, C G ^a   Lopatin, A N ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cloning; currents; expression; mutation; polyamines

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; AMPA RECEPTOR; ION CHANNEL; KAINIC ACID; KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR; MAGNESIUM ION; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; POLYAMINE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

CHANNEL GATING; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POTASSIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 0030934798     PISSN: 00664278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.physiol.59.1.171     Document Type: Review

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