Virus-mediated modification of cellular excitability

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 868, Issue , 1999, Pages 418-422

  Johns, David C ^a   Marban, Eduardo ^a   Nuss, H Bradley ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM ION;

ACTION POTENTIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE TRANSFER; LONG QT SYNDROME; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION;

EID: 0033041692     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1999.tb11304.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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