Coexpression of cloned α(1B), β(2a), and α2/δ subunits produces non-inactivating calcium currents similar to those found in bovine chromaffin cells

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1685-1693

  Cahill, Anne L ^a   Hurley, Joyce H ^a   Fox, Aaron P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromaffin cells; N type Calcium channel; Non inactivating calcium current; Voltage dependent calcium channel; (1B) subunit; subunits

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL; OMEGA CONOTOXIN GVIA;

ALPHA CHAIN; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; CALCIUM CURRENT; CATTLE; CHANNEL GATING; CHROMAFFIN CELL; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 0034161546     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-05-01685.2000     Document Type: Article

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