Direct block of native and cloned (Kir2.1) inward rectifier K+ channels by chloroethylclonidine

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 760-766

  Barrett Jolley, R ^a,b   Dart, C ^a   Standen, N B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CEC; Chloroethylclonidine; Imidazolidine; Imidazoline; Inward rectifier; IRK1; Kir; Polyamine; Potassium channel; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ASPARAGINE; ASPARTIC ACID; CHLOROETHYLCLONIDINE; CLONIDINE; NORADRENALIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM ION; PRAZOSIN; RAUWOLSCINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLEXOR MUSCLE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ANIMALS; CLONIDINE; KINETICS; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, INWARDLY RECTIFYING; RATS; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 0032744920     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0702819     Document Type: Article

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