Properties of inward calcium current in guinea pig ureteral myocytes

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 272, Issue 2 41-2, 1997, Pages

  Sui, J L ^a,b   Kao, C Y ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

inactivation kinetics; patch clamp; smooth muscle physiology

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; KINETICS; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE; URETER;

ANIMALIA; CAVIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0031001355     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.1997.272.2.c543     Document Type: Article

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