Molecular biology and electrophysiology of calcium-activated potassium channels from lens epithelium

Current Eye Research

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 264-275

  Rae, James L ^a   Shepard, Allan R ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

BK; cDNA; Human; Lens; Patch clamp; Potassium channel; Sequence

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; HYBRID PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM ION; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ALPHA CHAIN; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXON; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LENS EPITHELIUM; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATCH CLAMP; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPITHELIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; LARGE-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL ALPHA SUBUNITS; LARGE-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNELS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MACACA MULATTA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, CALCIUM-ACTIVATED; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SWINE; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0031907914     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ceyr.17.3.264.5224     Document Type: Article

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