Inwardly rectifying potassium channels

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 503-508

  Reimann, Frank ^a   Ashcroft, Frances M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PHOSPHOLIPID; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

BARTTER SYNDROME; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HUMAN; INSULIN RELEASE; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0033179841     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-0674(99)80073-8     Document Type: Article

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