Structure and function of the cardiac sodium channels

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 327-338

  Balser, Jeffrey R ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Sodium channels; Voltage gated ion channels

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; DIHYDROPYRIDINE; ION CHANNEL; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MEXILETINE; PHENYLALKYLAMINE; QUINIDINE; SODIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED CHANNEL FORMING PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BETA CHAIN; CHANNEL GATING; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; EEL; ELECTROPLAQUE; GENE LOCUS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; LONG QT SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SODIUM CURRENT; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION TRANSPORT; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCARDIUM; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN KINASES; RABBITS; RATS; SODIUM CHANNELS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0033044972     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-6363(99)00031-0     Document Type: Review

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