Comparison of the Ca2+ currents induced by expression of three cloned α1 subunits, α1G, α1H and α1I, of low-voltage-activated T-type Ca2+ channels

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 4171-4178

  Klöckner, Udo ^a   Lee, Jung Ha ^b,c   Cribbs, Leanne L ^b   Daud, Asif ^b   Hescheler, Jürgen ^a   Pereverzev, Alexei ^a   Perez Reyes, Edward ^b,c   Schneider, Toni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Expression; Facilitation; HEK 293 cells; Physiological Ca2+; Slow deactivation

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL T TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CHANNEL GATING; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; ION TRANSPORT; METABOLISM; PATCH CLAMP; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; CALCIUM CURRENT; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TIME;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNELS, T-TYPE; CELL LINE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION TRANSPORT; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0033233479     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1999.00849.x     Document Type: Review

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