Identification of the delayed rectifier potassium channel, Kv1.6, in Cultured astrocytes

GLIA

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 127-134

  Smart, Sharon L ^a   Bosma, Martha M ^a   Tempel, Bruce L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Glia; Ion channel; Mouse; Voltage gated

Indexed keywords

DELAYED RECTIFIER POTASSIUM CHANNEL; DENDROTOXIN; NEUROTOXIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; SNAKE VENOM; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BIOSYNTHESIS; C3H MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MOUSE; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ASTROCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; DELAYED RECTIFIER POTASSIUM CHANNELS; ELAPID VENOMS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; NEUROTOXINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED;

EID: 0031172461     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1136(199706)20:2<127::AID-GLIA4>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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