Molecular cloning and expression of cERG, the ether à go-go-related gene from canine myocardium

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 442, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 188-191

  Zehelein, Jörg ^a   Zhang, Wei ^a   Koenen, Michael ^b   Graf, Michael ^c   Heinemann, Stefan H ^c   Katus, Hugo A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

cDNA sequence; Gene expression; Heart; K+ channel; Long QT syndrome

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM ION; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CERG GENE; CHANNEL GATING; DOG; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEART MUSCLE; KIDNEY; LIVER; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPLEEN;

ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DOGS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; ION CHANNELS; OOCYTES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; XENOPUS;

EID: 0035018604     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004240100524     Document Type: Article

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