Characterization of ether-a-go-go channels present in photoreceptors reveals similarity to I(Kx), a K+ current in rod inner segments

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 583-599

  Frings, Stephan ^a   Brüll, Nicole ^a   Dzeja, Claudia ^a   Angele, Albert ^a   Hagen, Volker ^b   Kaupp, U Benjamin ^a   Baumann, Arnd ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUT FÜR MOLEKULARE PHARMAKOLOGIE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cyclic nucleotides; Ether a go go; Potassium channel; Retina

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE; KCNH1 PROTEIN, BOS TAURUS; MAGNESIUM; MESSENGER RNA; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNEL HERG; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; POTASSIUM CURRENT; POTASSIUM TRANSPORT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA ROD; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GENETICS; ISOMERISM; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PERMEABILITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CATTLE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ETHER-A-GO-GO POTASSIUM CHANNELS; ISOMERISM; KINETICS; MAGNESIUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEOTIDES, CYCLIC; PERMEABILITY; PHOTORECEPTORS; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; RNA, MESSENGER; RODS (RETINA); SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0031594634     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.111.4.583     Document Type: Article

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