Mg2+ block and inward rectification of mechanosensitive channels in Xenopus oocytes

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 435, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 572-574

  Wu, George ^a   McBride Jr , Don W ^a   Hamill, Owen P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Mechanosensitive channels Mg2+; Rectification; Xenopus oocyte

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL; MAGNESIUM; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; DEPOLARIZATION; FROG; ION CURRENT; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS; ANIMAL; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; DRUG EFFECT; IN VITRO STUDY; KINETICS; MECHANORECEPTOR; METABOLISM; PATCH CLAMP; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ION CHANNELS; KINETICS; MAGNESIUM; MECHANORECEPTORS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; OOCYTES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; XENOPUS;

EID: 0032011386     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004240050554     Document Type: Article

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