Modulation of two cloned potassium channels by 1-alkanols demonstrates different cutoffs

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1103-1107

  Chu, Benson ^a   Treistman, Steven N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohols; Anesthetics; Cutoff; Ethanol; Potassium Channels

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALKANOL; BUTANOL; CALCIUM ION; DECANOL; HEPTANOL; HEXANOL; NONANOL; OCTANOL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; UNDECANOL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLTAGE CLAMP; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030984183     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1997.tb04260.x     Document Type: Article

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