Time-dependent outward currents through the inward rectifier potassium channel IRK1: The role of weak blocking molecules

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 229-243

  Ishihara, Keiko ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

inward rectification; Mg2+; putrescine; repolarization; spermine

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM ION; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM ION; PUTRESCINE; SPERMINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; REPOLARIZATION; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CATIONS, DIVALENT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ION CHANNEL GATING; KINETICS; L CELLS (CELL LINE); MAGNESIUM; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; PUTRESCINE; SPERMINE;

EID: 0031052023     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.109.2.229     Document Type: Article

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