Stretch-activated ion channels in the heart

Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1511-1523

  Hu, Hai ^a,b   Sachs, Frederick ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; CALCIUM ION; GADOLINIUM; ION CHANNEL; POTASSIUM ION; SPIDER VENOM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM CURRENT; CELL VOLUME; CHANNEL GATING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILE FORCE; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVIEW; STARLING LAW;

EID: 0031172831     PISSN: 00222828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmcc.1997.0392     Document Type: Review

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