Voltage-dependent inactivation of the human K+ channel KvLQT1 is eliminated by association with minimal K+ channel (minK) subunits

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 510, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 37-45

  Tristani Firouzi, Martin ^a   Sanguinetti, Michael C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM ION; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; MINIMAL POTASSIUM CHANNEL SUBUNIT; PROTEIN KVLQT1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLTAGE CLAMP; MICROELECTRODE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OOCYTE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; VOLTAGE CLAMP TECHNIQUE; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; KCNQ POTASSIUM CHANNELS; KCNQ1 POTASSIUM CHANNEL; OOCYTES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; TIME FACTORS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0032127234     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1998.037bz.x     Document Type: Article

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