BK channels in human glioma cells have enhanced calcium sensitivity

GLIA

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 281-291

  Ransom, Christopher B ^a   Liu, Xiaojin ^a   Sontheimer, Harald ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

subunit; Brain tumor; Glia; Large conductance calcium activated K+ channels; Second messenger

Indexed keywords

ALKALOIDS; BENZYLISOQUINOLINES; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL MEMBRANE; CLONE CELLS; GLIOMA; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, CALCIUM-ACTIVATED; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; TETRAETHYLAMMONIUM; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0036599238     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/glia.10064     Document Type: Article

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