Detection of transcripts for delayed rectifier potassium channels in the Xenopus laevis inner ear

Hearing Research

Volumn 119, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 125-134

  Varela Ramírez, Armando ^a   Trujillo Provencio, Casilda ^a   Serrano, Elba E ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Auditory; drk; Ion channel; Kv2; Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction; Vestibular

Indexed keywords

DNA; MESSENGER RNA; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM ION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART; INNER EAR; LEG MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BRAIN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COCHLEA; DELAYED RECTIFIER POTASSIUM CHANNELS; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; RATS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SHAB POTASSIUM CHANNELS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0032080536     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5955(98)00039-2     Document Type: Article

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