Facilitation by the β(2a) subunit of pore openings in cardiac Ca2+ channels

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 507, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 93-103

  Costantin, James ^a   Noceti, Francesca ^a   Qin, Ning ^a   Wei, Xiangyang ^c   Birnbaumer, Lutz ^a   Stefani, Enrico ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Universidad Nacional del Litoral   (Argentina)

^c Box 951778 ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; 1,4 DIHYDRO 2,6 DIMETHYL 5 NITRO 4 [2 (TRIFLUOROMETHYL)PHENYL] 3 PYRIDINECARBOXYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; CALCIUM CHANNEL STIMULATING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL ALPHA 1C SUBUNIT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BETA 2A SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; XENOPUS; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PATCH CLAMP TECHNIQUE;

3-PYRIDINECARBOXYLIC ACID, 1,4-DIHYDRO-2,6-DIMETHYL-5-NITRO-4-(2-(TRIFLUOROMETHYL)PHENYL)-, METHYL ESTER; ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNEL AGONISTS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; FEMALE; ION CHANNEL GATING; MYOCARDIUM; OOCYTES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PROBABILITY; XENOPUS;

EID: 0032519842     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1998.093bu.x     Document Type: Article

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