Identification and functional characterization of a K+ channel α- subunit with regulatory properties specific to brain

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 4652-4661

  Castellano, Antonio ^a   Chiara, Maria D ^a   Mellström, Britt ^b   Molina, Antonio ^a   Monje, Francisco ^a   Naranjo, José R ^b   López Barneo, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Channel diversity; Cloning; K+ channels; Neurons; Regulatory mechanism; subunit

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; MESSENGER RNA; POLYADENYLATED RNA; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ALPHA CHAIN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CHO CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0031010832     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-12-04652.1997     Document Type: Article

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