Activation and inactivation of homomeric KvLQT1 potassium channels

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 785-792

  Pusch, Michael ^a   Magrassi, Raffaella ^a   Wollnik, Bernd ^b   Conti, Franco ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; LONG QT SYNDROME; POTASSIUM CURRENT; REPOLARIZATION; VOLTAGE CLAMP; XENOPUS;

GENETTA; MUSTELA VISON;

EID: 0031848480     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(98)77568-X     Document Type: Article

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