Role of HERG-like K+ currents in opossum esophageal circular smooth muscle

American Journal of Physiology

Volumn 277, Issue 6 PART 1, 1999, Pages

  Akbarali, Hamid I ^a,c   Thatte, Hemant ^a   He, Xue Dao ^a   Giles, Wayne R ^b   Goyal, Raj K ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cisapride; Human ether a go go; Inward rectifier; Resting membrane potential

Indexed keywords

CISAPRIDE; POTASSIUM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONDUCTANCE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ESOPHAGUS MUSCLE; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ANIMALS; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; CISAPRIDE; ESOPHAGUS; ETHER-A-GO-GO POTASSIUM CHANNELS; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENTS; ION CHANNEL GATING; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; OPOSSUMS; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED;

ANIMALIA; DIDELPHIDAE;

EID: 0033381434     PISSN: 00029513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.1999.277.6.c1284     Document Type: Article

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