Time course and voltage dependence of expressed HERG current compared with native 'rapid' delayed rectifier K current during the cardiac ventricular action potential

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 436, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 843-853

  Hancox, Jules C ^a   Levi, Allan J ^a   Witchel, Harry J ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action potential clamp; Cardiac; Delayed rectifier; HERG; I(kr); Potassium channel

Indexed keywords

HUMAN ETHER A GO GO RELATED GENE PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHO CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GUINEA PIG; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAVEFORM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ETHER-A-GO-GO POTASSIUM CHANNELS; GUINEA PIGS; HEART; HEART VENTRICLES; KINETICS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0031733880     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004240050713     Document Type: Article

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