Inwardly rectifying potassium channels: Their molecular heterogeneity and function

Japanese Journal of Physiology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 11-39

  Isomoto, Shojiro ^a   Kondo, Chikako ^a   Kurachi, Yoshihisa ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

ATP sensitive; G protein gated potassium channel; Inwardly rectifying potassium channel; Molecular cloning; Potassium channel

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HUMAN; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; POTASSIUM TRANSPORT; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVIEW; XENOPUS;

EID: 0030975901     PISSN: 0021521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2170/jjphysiol.47.11     Document Type: Review

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